Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Good stability noted in general. Wind slab in weird places due to the east wind. Weird weather events make for weird avalanche problems (don't be surprised but unusual conditions out there). Had some 2'+ deep wind slab collapse and crack on me today on due north. Easily initiated push-a-lanches (WL) on West at end of day, running further than anticipated on very low angle smooth MF crust.</p>
It's spring. The sun will heat up the new snow quickly, green housing can happen quickly, and the E winds throw us a curve ball, not only do they ruin lots of snow, but again, unusual weather produces unusual avalanche problems, be on the look out for rapidly changing conditions and expect the unexpected as far as wind slab and snow quality...
Pictures (1 and 2) of surprisingly deep moderately stiff SS wind slab cracking and picture of WL push-a-lanche on West.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Unusual weather conditions will produce unusual avalanche conditions. The light density snow provided plenty of AST even where the winds were light.</p> <p>DL and WL sluffs on steeper terrain, espically the WL on southerlies with smooth bed surface (where the only reasonable skiing on south aspects were today)</p>
Conditions on the north are great, E has some wind affect/ wind press on it, south is awful most places, hard, lumpy with dust on crust, slide for life conditions. Short bits of sun allowed the new snow to take heat quick, especially on W.