Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Some minor shallow soft wind slabs today just off the ridge lines. These were both natural and rider triggered slides and manageable in size, breaking just ahead of skis and sleds.</p>
A few photos of shallow soft wind slabs that are easily triggered just off the ridge lines. These were very manageable early today, but will likely become a bit more of an issue with increasing winds and more snow this evening.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Fresh shallow soft wind slabs were easily triggered today just off the ridge lines. These were small in size and quickly broke up as they moved downhill. Manageable in size early in the day, but with increasing winds and plenty of low density snow to blow around, these should become wider and deeper.</p> <p>I have not observed any slides that have stepped down into older weak sugary faceted snow. My travels have been mainly in areas with a deeper snow pack. It sounds like slides can still be triggered into older snow where the snow pack is shallow. </p>
Lots of great powder and soft settled dense snow. The winds however did stiffen up some of the snow in open exposed areas.