Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3078 m
- Slope Angle
- 26°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of cracking in the new snow today. I had a dozen or so loud whoompfs that made me stop in my tracks.</p>
Rain crust formed at the beginning of the storm found at elevations to 8200 ft.
Results of pit tests.
Stacked stellars with some surface hoar growing and the basal facets from my snow pit. Basal facets rounding and necking.
Traveled from 7400 - 10,200 ft., north half of the compass. What a difference a day makes! Pit tests results reflected moderate effort to fail with a propensity to propagate a fracture. I would continue to call the danger considerable to high in the areas I traveled. Another cold night tonight will help develop more surface hoar. I did notice snow plumes off of some of the high ridges moving a fair amount of snow so there was some wind slab building going on today.
Snowpack
12"-18" new storm snow. Marked difference from yesterday, with nice sliding conditions today. Occasionally I could feel the tails of my skis punching through the density inversion in the new snow but pretty fine skiing overall. Mostly supportable on a snow machine and on skis. Some surface hoar noted above 9800 ft. Rain crust below new snow below 8000-8200 ft.