Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The only Red Flags observed were confined to a few Natural Dry Loose avalanches releasing in very steep cliffy areas. Slope cuts were easy to initiate long running/fast Dry Loose in steep terrain (See Photo). No travel into the highest exposed/loaded ridgelines, but it was Very Likely that Wind Slabs were Reactive and or Sensitive. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>See above, and with the forecast for the winds to be peaking in the evening hours this problem is Likely increasing and lingering potentially Reactive Wind Slabs will be possible tomorrow in the Upper elevation typical wind loaded areas. </p> <p>See above and the picture of Dry Loose. Manageable. </p>
Overnight HN was 10cm at 8000 in Silverfork, with Brighton getting only 7cm. Daytime accumulations favored LCC with the NW/WNW flow. The closer to Twin Lakes Pass the deeper the accumulations. By 1500 Brighton had 15cm with upwards of 25cm observed near Twin Lakes Pass. The new snow landed on a variety of pre-storm surfaces with NW-N and NE aspects that had slope angles 25 degrees and greater having a spongy/soft interface. All lower angled terrain and and Solars had a varying thickness of m/f crusts. Bonding to the old snow appeared to be good. Wind scoured areas were very firm/slick.