Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming
I summited the saddle just South of Mt. Ogden on Sunday (Porcupine Cirque), at 2pm. As I skinned over the crest, the wet snow on the skin track was starting to sluff off. I also noticed as I made the first two downhill turns, snow would sluff and keep going. The point is, 2pm is too late in the day for going above the top of Porky lift. I knew that, but got caught in traffic in Weber Canyon. I decided to go for it anyway, but it was a little sketchy.
Didn't see any hard Spring snowpack on the entire route - take your fat or mid-fat skis! My skinny boards seriously dig in on the downhill. Midmountain was more firm.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Sluffing on 35 degree slopes. Lots of avi and cornice debris. One 400 lb chunk of cornice material went 300 yds downhill. Huge cornices still waiting to fall on North and East facing slopes.</p>