Quick report
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Widespread, energetic collapsing on south and east faces around 9,500'. Poor bonding between dense new snow and sun crusts below treeline south and east facing. Sheltered northfacing slopes and higher elevations had dense, wet new snow with good cohesion to older layers.</p>
While the snowpack is thin at low elevations, we were able to ski from the La Sal Pass winter trailhead. Widespread collapsing at low elevations among gambol oak and aspen. South and east faces had obvious sun effect under new snow. Good coverage below and near treeline on north aspects. No collapsing or whumphing on north faces.