Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind slab was stubborn, hollow and did not seem to be a factor. </p>
Photos:
1,2: Wind crust.
3,4: East wind that blew the top off of the Bridge Canyon cornice and deposited it on the ridge top.
Video: Dry loose, NE slope at 6000ft faceted snow on melt freeze crust.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I went to Eyrie peak looking for protected non-wind affected snow on the NW slopes but was disappointed to find wind crust everywhere except the most protected slopes down lower. The East wind ripped the cornice off the top of Bridge Canyon and set the slab pieces on the ridge, have not seen that before. In the protected north areas from 6500-5500ft. there were easily produced dry loose sluffs of faceted snow on the old melt freeze crust. This could be a problem if it ever snows again. </p>
Wind blown crusts everywhere expect the most protected areas far below the ridges. The East winds deposited snow in unusual places.