Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 2896 m
- Slope Angle
- 16°
Went to Strawberry Peak to see how much snow the winds had moved as well as how reactive the facets (buried on Jan 4th) were.
Winds? - drifted some snow at ridgetops but really not a huge concern. We"ll be waiting to see more significant winds in coming days.
Jan 4th facets? - New snow was just too fluffy and not slabby.
Photos below of facets under the new snow producing ECTN and ECTP12. Video - The propagation saw test (PST) would start to propagate a crack in the weak layer but the slab would fracture and arrest the crack propagation.
Photos below show wind drifting
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Winds had moved snow a little bit. Wind slabs by themselves a non-issue today.</p> <p>It's very easy to find lots of weak snow in the snowpack. The new snow is just fluff and needs more cohesion before it will cause slab avalanches on facets. </p>
8 inches of new snow. About 5 falling last night and 3 during the day.