Quick report
- Aspect
- Southeast
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Elevation
- 3109 m
- Slope Angle
- 30°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Not super rapid warming, but the sun was strong and warm. The warm day today after the prior cold temperatures caused a significant temperature gradient in the top of the snow pack. I would expect this to lead to the formation of near surface facets just below the wind crust.</p>
The views of Timp above the clouds were great.
The snow is very shallow on the southerly aspects.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The layer of facets below the crust ~25 cm from the ground is the layer that in this location could cause problems. The shallow snow pack would make any slide dangerous.</p>
The slope had a layer of surface hoar followed by a wind crust.