Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Expected to see more wet slide activity as things warmed. Saw a wet slide on an east facing slope which was fairly small. Surprised by 4 moderate sized dry sluffs on steep north facing terrain which ran 100-200 yards. These might have been able to knock you down, but not bury you. Snow was damp in the shade by afternoon.</p>
Picture of one of four sluffs in same chute.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Dry snow ran on buried melt freeze crust. Wind slabs were not reactive today.</p> <p>Expect this to be more of a problem as things warm up tomorrow.</p>
Soft cold snow on north facing slopes about 4-5 inches deep. This sat on a firm underlying crust. Made for a slippery skin track necessitating ski crampons on steeper slopes. Hard frozen surface on other aspects which softened with sun and increasing temps later in the day.