Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Avalanches reported in the past 24 hours prompt the need to not rule out potential for isolated reactive persistent weak layer activity. Many hasty pits in upper BCC indicate the structure improving, yet one pit on a slope with a 32 degree incline, NNW aspect at 9850 yielded an ECTP16 at the top of a 28 cm thick layer of DH.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Despite minimal activity in the recent past, the poor snowpack structure referred to above appears to indicate there is still isolated potential for a low probability/high consequence slide into the October facets. </p> <p>The winds appeared to have died down a bit in the late morning to early afternoon hours, and this issue may ramp back up with the forecast for increasing winds on Monday and Tuesday. </p>
Extremely variable conditions observed with extensive wind damage, sculpting and sastrugi in the mid and upper elevations. Riding was still good on old settled dense powder in sheltered areas. Melt freeze crusts continue to develop and grow in size on SE, S and SW aspects with slope angles > 20 degrees, and damp conditions exist for brief periods as the low angle sun makes it's way around the compass.