Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Snow pit showed a stable snowpack in this location with no signs of buried surface hoar (as Drew found on Thursday) and a surface that did not have signs of weak faceted snow. One layer 12"-14" (25-35cm) below the surface that showed failure with compression tests (CT 17) but no propagation with Extended Column Tests. East facing aspects were soft and supportable making for fun skiing and good travel.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Scattered snow flurries throughout the day with some wind-transport noted prior to snowfall. I didn't notice wind or new snow enough to raise the avalanche danger today. Snow surface seems like it will take the new high density snow on all aspects and I didn't note any buried surface hoar or weak snow surface in my travels. </p>
Damp snow surface with about 1/2" of new high density snow. Due north facing was still soft snow. Damp supportable melt-freeze crust in melt form on east facing aspects. New snow had bonded well to the old snow surface as of 330PM.
Photo of snow surface showing melted out rocks, dirt layer, and melt-freeze crust on a more easterly facing aspect at 9,800'