Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Not really any, warming noted above never quite got out of hand.</p>
Very small soft slab below Pioneer Cliffs, triggered by a sluff running over the cliffs.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>New snow was sluffing pretty easily on steep easterly terrain. Although the snow was mostly just fluffy snow with no slab, a couple of sluffs that I triggered with ski cuts on steep east facing terrain around 10K had some borderline slab properties, super-super-soft slabs. Possibly the aforementioned greenhousing was enough to make things a bit slabbier than it was earlier in the morning. One sluff that ran over cliffs managed to pull out one of these super soft slabs below the cliff, new snow only, only 10-15' wide, not running far. Picture is included below, given the placement right below the cliffs, I'd wager some graupel pooling was involved, but didn't have time to take a look.</p> <p>Although things are stable and weather appears to be fairly benign tomorrow, late February sun may be enough for bit of wet loose activity. If forecast in the morning is for clear, possible moderate for wet activity, otherwise low.</p>
Look at that, I checked the powder box. New snow was light density, with some denser snow at the new snow/old snow interface. There was enough sun coming through the intermittent clouds for the southerlies to get a bit damp by early afternoon. Not damp enough to create a hazard, but damp enough that they will have a crust in the morning. A bit of greenhousing seemed to be making the snow a bit slabbier in a few spots (see below), but not enough for shady aspects to be crusted tomorrow.