Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3444 m
- Slope Angle
- 22°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Pit near treeline on North aspect revealed weak faceted snow. Not an issue now, but will be a problem with a cohesive slab.</p>
Was curious just how fast the snow can recrystallize. It looks like the two storms from October have already begun to weaken and recrystallize into faceted grains.
Pretty thin out there- although I did talk to someone who went "cat skiing" in the north woods (they actually had a cat in their backpack).
Probably need another foot or so before skiing transitions into "type-1" fun.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Several small dry loose avalanches were observed.</p>
The 5" of new snow was being pushed around by some cold north winds. Snow depth varied- sheltered polar aspects had 40-45cm of snow (see snow profile). Southerly aspects were more shallow and contained a basal mf crust and recent, wind transported snow (near ridge lines). Winds died down and temps ramped up around noon. Clouds came in and perhaps made for some green house conditions.