Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
- Collapsing
- isolated
It was a wet day below about 7,000'. Above that, fresh wind slabs formed in areas exposed to the wind.
I experienced one collapse in near-surface facets below a weak melt-freeze crust. Cracking was isolated to small drifts.Weather
- Air Temp
- Upper 20s F
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Rain Elevation
- 6,500' (1 PM), 7,000' (5 PM)
- Recent Snowfall
- HN = 18 cm by 1630
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Overcast and stormy. Wet and drizzly south of about Baker Ck, with rain lines approaching and N of Prairie Ck TH. I measured ~7" of new at the Pass at around 4:30 PM. Mostly light (S1) snowfall while I was there. Flakes were heavily rimed.
Snowpack
There was roughly 5-7" of new snow along Titus Ridge. Moderate SE wind with strong gusts was building F+ to 4F- drifts. The (2/1) interface included crusts on most slopes. Most were crumbly and weak with associated near-surface facets below. Some crusts also had small facets above interspersed with a low density layer of 3 mm surface hoar.