Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Poor structure exists. Variable slab cohesiveness noted over the last two days. Some places it's broken down enough to shot ECTN results, other places have enough slab. Looked at ESE and SE in upper elev today, poor structure abounds. More 9,800' SSE shows two stout MF that are bridging the FC below but produced CTM Q1 results when the MF were cut. ESE 9,800' HS 65cm had one major MF, not as stout and showed CTM SP below MF (down 4cm) and CTH Q1 down ~40 cm on FC. I think ESE could become active with enough load, SSE would probably need a HUGE load to collapse through the stout MF. Other big take away was weak snow surface. North showed about 1cm of FCsf and ~3-4mm SH up to the ridge lines at 9,800' (hopefully the front comes in with some wind...)</p>
Images of SH at 9,800' N at ridgeline
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Structure remains, highly variable with the slab, but with new load..... Surface conditions show a new PWL being formed with incoming storm above an already fragile weak snow pack. If this much needed storm produces expect to see a very active cycle</p>
Mixed bag out there. Sheltered low angle north with out old tracks is still skiing well. Recent winds, especially the Easterlies worked on the exposed terrain. Supportable and unsupportable wind board/HS, MF on southerlies softened a little today. Old tracks are hard. Main objective today was tracking the snow surface with incoming storm.