Quick report
Good to see winter make a return and the riding and scenery were beautiful today.
The north and east winds loaded the south facing slopes and this natural wind slab released on Bald Mt. Much of the higher terrain around the Bald Mt area is quite wind hammered, but soft dry snow was still easy to find.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Lots of wind affected snow in the higher terrain, but many of the wind slabs I poked around on would crack out, but nothing seemed too reactive. Would still think there are a few isolated wind pockets that could react with the weight of a person. </p> <p>Did not take long for the new snow to heat up on south facing slopes and wet loose slides were taking place.</p>
A solid 12~14" inches of medium density snow from the recent storm. Things were crusted this morning, but quickly softened and south facing slopes warmed up fast. Recent winds moved the snow around and the conditions were a little thick on the upper parts of the north facing slopes.