Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Poor structure was the only constant in pits and tests today. Results varied widely, but no bullseye clues - lots of people skiing all over.</p>
As stated above, test results varied greatly across slopes with very similar snowpack layering and structure. Demonstrating the challenge of relying on snow pits as a sole source of info. We had no cracking, collasping, whoomphing etc....keeping big picture and season history in mind is important in making go/no go decisions right now. Some pits will show very stable snow while other show the opposite. pic is of an ECTP13 SC failure at 9700' in Silver Fork on a 32 degree east facing slope. Video shows a second ECT done a few feet away. A third pit on the same slope revealed no results or ECTX.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I just feel the facets didn't get enough load, unless you find the thin/weak spot. Looks like this problem will linger until the next storm. I see stability slowly increasing in the coming days. </p>
Settled new snow with a variety of surface conditions - good, fast skiing