Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>I had one collapse on a wind loaded ridge</p>
1. Rain crust at 8400ft. with faceted snow beneath
2. Very good turning on protected, north low angle slopes from 7800-8800 ft.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I was in a very protected canyon with little wind and little slab formation. The rain crust is down 28 cm (11 inches) and only about 1 1/2 thick at 8400 ft. This is much less of a crust than along the Wasatch front (Cutler ridge area). I still was able to get a good ECT 13 on the faceted snow beneath the crust. I just was unable to find much of a slab in this area. </p>
nice cold dry snow in the protected trees above 7800ft.