Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
Beautiful day in the mtns. Signs of previous wind loading from north/north west. The morning started in a cloud, and rime covered everything. By the end of the day rimed particles were the snow surface particles. Solar aspects have a crust below new snow. Very large cornice on salt creek bowl. Wind slab developed and reactive at/near ridge crests .
Weather
- Air Temp
- 14
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 7
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Cold day. Rime cloud in am, cleared by 12:00, then sunny. Calm/light w/nw winds.
Snowpack
East. 8040ft. Shelter ridge. CT M14 RP down 40cm on a 2-4mm graupel and PP layer. multiple ECTN results within the new storm snow. A shovel shear/pull on the ECT column propagated the above mentioned layer down 45 cm. HS 200cm.