Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Elevation
- 3048 m
- Slope Angle
- 30°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Biggest red flag was the wide range of aspects affected by the warm temperatures. </p> <p>The steep, shaded aspects had plenty of sloughing.</p>
- While my CT results were negative, it took very little pressure to pull the entire column down
- The rain crust was prevalent up to about 9400'
- There was graupel about 5cm under the snow surface on the east facing elevation we climbed
- A hand pit at 8200' east facing had a sun(?) crust about 20 cm down. Facets were beginning to form beneath this crust due to the large temperature gradient it was mostly likely creating.
- Significant sloughing of the new snow on the steep NE aspects. This was running on a dense surface from prior to the storm.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>There were plenty of rollers balls after around 1PM. There were also several natural wet slides observed on SW aspects.</p> <p>While buried ~115cm down and less likely to be triggered by a skier, there is still 30 cm of facets on the ground. This could be enough for the weight of a sled to trigger.</p>
The snow conditions ran the gamut today. Not much to say other than if the snow isn't good, change aspect by just a few degrees and find something else.