Quick report
- Aspect
- East
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2957 m
- Slope Angle
- 22°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>New snow fell on a crust above a 12cm layer of fist hard near surface facets. This crust was 2cm thick in this location, but was highly variable on this slope based on shading and aspect. </p>
The new snow from this storm currently lacks the cohesion to be considered a slab in places unaffected by the wind; this could change with more snowfall or a change in temperature. As mentioned by Bo Torrey, the variability of the crust on certain aspects (under the new snow) could make for tricky decision making as we move into what may potentially be a larger storm cycle on Monday.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>With so much light density snow available for transport, I would expect to see new wind drifted snow anywhere that is exposed to the increasing N/NE winds overnight tonight. </p> <p>Expecting to see up to 9'' of new snow in the field which has fallen on a variety of surface conditions from our extended period of high pressure. </p>
4 inches overnight on 2/15, with another two throughout the day on 2/16.