Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Despite the abundant snowfall since last Wednesday, we saw very few signs of instability today. As noted above, there wasn't obvious wind transport even at 10k where we were, and there just isn't anything resembling a slab in the new snow. We didn't get much in the way of sluffs to go, even on steep rollovers. It seems like if you're out of the wind effected areas, the hazard is moderate at best. The greatest threat to safety today was if you fell, it was full on pig wallow to get back up, and it was a little unnerving.</p>
Snowpack
It seemed like overnight Sunday into Monday morning about 2" of new snow fell in mid Days Fork, with another 3-5" falling through the morning into mid afternoon when the snow tapered off and the sun poked through. So, about another 7" on top of the multiple feet of new snow from the weekend. Compared to the snow I saw yesterday in upper Porter Fork, the snow in Days Fork was deeper. It didn't seem wind effected, but the snow skied slower and although it was often in your face, the faster skiing conditions yesterday were better than today. The exception was when you skied over very steep convex terrain today, it was remarkable. Overall, I think the best riding might be in places out of the wind that didn't get quite as much snow in the past 5 days.