Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Had it all going on out there. Large avalanche off Horse's Head. Weak, shallow snow. Heavy, wet snow on top of facets. Cracking and collpasing, roller balls, and wet sluffing.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Didn't get a re-freeze overnight. Lots of collapsing of heavy wet snow on buried facets. Roller balls.</p> <p>Weak, faceted, underlying snow pack. New snow load on top. Slope failure in gullies and large avalanches from last weeks storm cycle.</p>
Very damp, heavy snow on surface. Mixed bag conditions up high. Extremely low snow conditions, 18"-36" total snow pack, with some sun and wind exposed areas showing bare ground.