Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3566 m
- Slope Angle
- 29°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Observed a few roller balls later in the day. Got one collapse on a shady west aspect BTL. </p>
Not much to see in the profile. A stout wind/storm slab on top of some facets/Depth Hoar that has undergone some bonding during the early Feb warm spell.
North east aspect in the Dry Fork of Mill Creek. Winds from the NW, and North have built slabs via cross loading.
Snowmachine high mark in Colorado Bowl. North face of Mt. Mellenthin in the background.
North Face of Haystack. Note ski turns on lower angle terrain at the bottom.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Dug a pit on a North aspect ATL. It seems that most of the snow prior to Feb 14th was removed, with only about 20 cm of facets/ depth hoar at the bottom. The Feb 14 storm seemed to be well bonded in this location. I would guess in other areas ATL where there was more old-weak snow, that I could have gotten some results. </p>
South aspects NTL had ~2 cm crust that was supportive in the morning. In the alpine, winds have blasted west, northwest and most north aspects. Snow textures ranged from slippery rime-crusts to grippy orange peel. Booting was fairly easy due to supportive snow.