Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind Loading continues to be the most significant Red Flag out there. Of note, observed a small Wind Slab that was likely naturally released during the initial Precipitation and heavy Winds on Tuesday. This pocket appeared to have released on the old Graupel interface from two storms ago and still had a crown of at least 30 cm exposed even though it had been blown in. It was on a Northerly aspect at 9400 feet. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>See above, and continuous Plums were being observed throughout the day on the Upper Ridgelines. </p> <p>Fragile/ Sensitive Cornices continue to grow with some of these fresh ones the sizes of mini busses and greater. New snow and continual winds capable of contributing to their size will help keep this problem active. </p> <p> </p> <p>Forecast for afternoon sunny skies most likely will help activate Loose Wet on the Solar aspects. </p>
Two different days out there with regard to riding conditions. Before noon it was another excellent day of mid-winter riding on all aspects. By 1230 the sun became an issue with high thin clouds and Greenhousing damaged the majority of the terrain with only the Northerly aspects with slope angles greater than 25 degrees retaining cold dry snow. More Wind deposits forming and on the Windward upper elevation slopes there was rough textured Wind Scouring.