Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The Whitney area went through a nice natural avalanche cycle during the wild weather yesterday afternoon. Lots of recent wind loading, but many of these wind drifts have relaxed and were not too reactive to the weight of a person.</p>
Many slopes did avalanche naturally during the wild storm yesterday afternoon.
I was finding a buried grauple layer that was likely put down as the storm front passed and then about 20 inches of new snow fell. The grauple layer was producing some clean shears, but this should settle out rather quickly.
There was some great riding today with upwards of two feet of new snow and crusing around the meadows was quite fun.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>In my travels, some of the recent wind slabs have relaxed and were not very reactive where I poked around. I would imagine along the higher ridgelines there are still some sensitive wind slabs that need time to settle out.</p> <p>It was a good storm for the Uintas with some nice snow totals and water weight. There was a nice natural avalanche cycle where many slopes avalanched during the height of the storm. The weaker layers in the snow pack appear to be adjusting slowly to the added weight and more time is needed to let the snow pack settle.</p>
The riding conditions were quite good today with the heavy dense snow that fell earlier in the storm providing a good base. Riders were mainly having fun in the meadows and low angle terrain.