Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3078 m
- Slope Angle
- 30°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Old snow from October is very faceted on slopes that are still holding any snow from that early storm.</p>
Under the new snow, the old snow from early October is quite faceted and sugary. Not what we want to see as a base layer. The good news is that this is only really a problem on due north facing slopes above about 9700' at this time. We will reassess the conditions again prior to the next significant storm which looks to be at least a week away.
Snowpack
8 to 10" of VERY low density snow. At one location I measured 8.5" of snow and .35" of H2O. That comes out to 3% density if I remember how to do the math.