Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3048 m
- Slope Angle
- 20°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The main red flag is a weak unconsolidated snow pack. This may be more of a future red fag. In some locations it was hard to isolate the new snow, others it broke easy in pole columns but has not formed much of a slab.</p>
HS approx 30", mostly 2 finger density capped by storm snow. The basal 4" consist of rounding 1mm facets (photo 1 below). ECTN 30+, photo 2 below.
Photos below:
1. Weak snow, sinking to ground in places on 110 mm skis.
2. Terrain, not ready for prime time. This area sees a lot of sled traffic, right now it might be a bit soft w/o base.
3. Needles this am, this area seems to get a lot of rime and similar features.
Overall a very early season snow pack, key to skiing was a light touch.
Overall a low danger except for isolated areas of wind loaded snow along ridge tops, moderate danger on wind exposed ridge tops. The danger of hitting a buried booby trap is more of an issue.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Wind slabs may be a minor concern along ridge tops.</p> <p>Moderate daanger.</p> <p>Normal Caution for an early season-like snow pack. Lot's of booby traps.</p>
10" new, HS approx 30" in sheltered areas. Matches close to the Midway Valley Snotel site which is at the base of one of the runs I skied today. Some areas had a slight density inversion in the upper 2", this may be related to the rimed forms which were falling this morning.
Snow pack is unconsolidated, I doubt that sleds would be able to do much off-road riding.