Quick report
Dense snow burying a crust layer found 85 cm from surface of my pit location. Mostly reactive, though dense snow, consolidation, and rounding facets look to be trending toward cohesion. Many storm slabs on most N-W-S aspects from what I observed. SS by the looks of them from a distance. D1-2, Range unknown. Lots of backcountry travelers NW aspect, 4652 ft. 141 cm total pit depth to ground. 38 degree slope. CT 20 Q3 @ 65 cm. ECTN 21 @ 64 cm. Noted small rounding facets above and below crust @ 56-54 cm. Shear quality was very broken. Many storm slabs around Artist Pt. and Bagley Lakes region.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 25.3
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 2
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Foggy cloud cover. Very light snow precipitation. Calm wind 1-5 mph from SW.
Snowpack
From this specific pit, mostly right side up except for a 2 cm crust (MF, rain layer?) that was formed late November. Once triggered propagation very possible.
Avalanche
Many storm slabs on most N-W-S aspects. D1-D2, R unknown.