Quick report
Good greenhousing conditions moistened the top few cm's of snow surfaces, even on northerlies. "Hot, facet pow?" This added some cohesion to the snow surface, but in very steep, wind-sheltered terrain, it was still easy to ski cut loose avalanches, which had a bit of moistness to them at low elevations. Sluffs were about 10" to 12" deep here.
We triggered some rollerballs/pinwheels and a few facet sluffs in very steep terrain.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 1
Warm and thin overcast made for effective longwave warming (greenhousing).
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- L
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 9900 ft
Not entirely dry: some moistness in the upper layers and debris.