Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of wind loading from available loose snow. New slabs forming along ridgecrests up to 18" deep. Cracking in the snow surface in exposed areas.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>New wind slabs sensitive to the weight of a skier or rider are developing along ridge crests and in exposed terrain on the lee sides of terrain features on slopes with a NE-NW aspect.</p> <p>The weight of newly developed wind slabs has the potential to affect the deeper persistent slabs that are over riding weak, faceted snow. Also, a slide triggered within the new snow has the potential to step down into these persistent slabs on upper elevation NE-NW aspects.</p>
Not much accumulation today but plenty of snow available for transport. New wind slabs forming along ridge tops and in exposed terrain.