Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We had multiple collapses on W-N facing slopes between 9000'-10,000'. I was able to trigger a small old wind slab that had been rapidly warmed.</p>
Went for a nice ride in the Western Uintas. It was a calm, cold morning that got warm quick. We found cold snow on northerly aspects but most other aspects aquired a heat crust from the 13th. The warming do yield some good warm spring snow riding for a short period of time.
Towards the end of the day we noted weather moving in and a shift in weather. As this storm comes in there will be some crusts lurking underneith and a cohesive slab still remains on top of our buried PWL.
Skiing and riding conditons are good if you go to the right places at the right times.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The structure is there for persistent slab avalanches on NW-E facing aspects at mid and upper elevations. With recent avalanches and collapsing the signs are still present.</p> <p>It got very warm at all elevations, heating up solar slopes. At lower elevations I noted roller balls on all aspects.</p>
We found a breakable crust on most aspects except true north and low angle NE and NW. The south was frozen in the morning but warmed up.