Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No collapses today where traveled, but plenty of cracking. With the increasing winds late morning active loading of N-E slopes. Observed some of the weakest snow in the pack I've seen all year. Where the upper BCC/LCC has a P layer towards the ground, the Millcreek norths had weak larger grain facets pouring out with a slab from the 20201217/18 storm on top.</p>
Picture and video of the approaching frontal passage around 10:30.
Picture of large graupel falling 11:00-12:00
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Poor structure is widespread on northerlies where traveled today.</p> <p>New wind slabs were actively forming during the day</p>
Old snow surfaces took a beating with the warm temps yesterday. Did not observe much weak snow on te surface. HN 2-3", mixed in with graupel.