Quick report
• No avalanche activity observed on the terrain I travelled on. But there really wasn’t enough snow to create much if any avalanche hazard. • Visibility of distant terrain in the Flathead Range and Glacier National Park was excellent and no avalanche activity observed in the higher alpine terrain which has a deeper snowpack. • No snow on the Canyon floor. Sunny aspects around 5000’ had thin (2-3” deep), scattered patches of snow, mostly in the shade. • By 6000’ on sunny slopes the snow cover was more consistent, but still patchy in coverage and ranging from 5-10” deep. • The snowpack exposed to full sun was composed of a weakening melt-freeze crust (2-4” thick) on the surface with wet grains below that to the ground. • Snow in the shade was dry with a thinner breakable crust on top with rounding facets underneath. • Views of distant terrain indicated that the snowpack deepens considerably above about 6500-7000’ elevation, especially on shaded aspects.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
• Mostly clear skies with no precipitation. • Light westerly winds in the terrain I travelled through. But I could see small plumes of snow blowing off peaks reaching above 7000’ elevation by mid-afternoon. • Daytime highs reached the low-40s °F on the Canyon floor and near the freezing mark around 6400’ elevation.