Quick report
The weak snow that formed during the January drought is starting to become more reactive in our snowpack tests. It seems like the slab has begun to form just enough to increase the reactivity in our snowpack tests. We may or may not see obvious signs of unstable snow, natural avalanches, etc. That doesn't mean the snow we are riding above is strong or that the structure is sound.
No obvious signs of unstable snow were observed.Weather
- Air Temp
- 16
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 14
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Nice day overall with overcast skies, new snow falling, light winds in most areas.
Snowpack
We dug two adjacent snow pits on a SW aspect and North aspect at nearly 8,000'. There's nearly 2' of storm snow from February that's sitting atop the January facets. I also found some buried surface hoar mixed in with the facets at the new/old snow interface. In both of our pits, we had full propagation in an extended column test on the top of the January facet layer. In this location, there is just enough of a slab, above the weak snow to allow for a failure.