Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A couple instances of shooting cracks 40' wide along the wind loaded terrain of South Monitor. </p>
Another issue - the strong easterly wind event from Nov 22-24 eroded much of the snow from many east and north facing starting zones. Thin snow cover facets easily - these starting zones will be suspect with additional storms. Note the thin snowpack in the starting zone and the wind sculpting that denotes drifting from looker's left to looker's right.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Tuesday's storm was just enough to keep us walking on eggshells. Had it come in with wind, we would have had a good cycle. Wind and precip overnight should break the camel's back. Expect to see a fairly widespread cycle. </p> <p>Walking from South Monitor across to West, down Will's Hill, up the West Willow ridgeline and into Beartrap yielded few areas that had a 'slab', relegated to terrain exposed to the southerly winds. (Note reports of naturals to the ground in Park City Mountain Resort periphery today - more wind effect). Photo below is snow structure representative of many sheltered areas. (Settled 6-10" of snow over gray faceted grains (noted beneath the red line) buried on Tuesday).</p>