Quick report
Despite light rain and warm, foggy conditions, a stout, 1ft-thick crust kept avalanche conditions to a minimum. Surfaces were pleasantly soft, but very supportive to skis and boots. Snow coverage is quickly disapearing. Many slopes are thin or bare at middle and lower elevations.
No signs of instabilityWeather
- Air Temp
- 38
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- ~6,000
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Foggy. Light rain in the early AM and then occasional mist. 5,000ft temperatures weerre 38-40F.
Snowpack
Surface and Upper snowpack
The top 2cm were soft, moist snow.
Below that was 30cm of solidly frozen crust.
Boot pen 2-3cm
Profile
5,260ft, N, 10*(flat)
HS 190cm, Boot Pen 3cm
0-2cm: F+, MFpc, 6mm, wet
2-3cm: I, IF, moist
3-13cm: K-, MFcr, dry
13-23cm: K-, MF, moist
23-25cm: 1F, MF, moist
25-30cm: P+, MFpc, moist
30-31cm: I, IF, moist
31-40cm: 4F+, MFpc, wet
40-50cm: P+, MFpc, moist
50-59cm: P, MFpc, moist
59-73cm: P+, MFpc, moist
see photo
Avalanche
I got views into mid-elevation steep terrain. No new avalanches.