Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3200 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Nothing too alarming as far as red flags. </p>
Newest snow failing on facets on a steep east facing slope.
Dense wind drifts sensitive to the weight of a skier on the lee side of the ridges.
Nice day in the alpine with little wind and mild temps for this time of year. Supportable snow for the most part making traveling easy. No real results in snow pit tests. Snow pack showing signs of strengthening but still moderately weak and shallow. Will need to watch for wind loading and the addition of water weight in the near future. The November dry spell facets and newest storm snow interface seems to be the weakest. Low danger out of the wind, moderate danger in the wind zone on steeper slopes on the north half of the compass.
Snowpack
Trace to an inch or two of low density snow yesterday. Steeper south facing exposures damp early in the day when the sun was out but clouds changed that by early afternoon. For the most part, the snow was cold, light and fluffy.