Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Cracking
- Elevation
- 3139 m
- Slope Angle
- 15°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Some cracking observed in isolated areas</p>
Went up to Patsey Marley today and dug a pit on a WNW slope at 10,325'. Height of snow was 89 cm with, as expected, 45 cm of facets sitting at the base. New snow from the past two days stacked up 28 cm on the slope, sitting atop 11 cm of 4F facets , which was above a 5 cm 1F layer. An Extended Column Test resulted in ECTN-13 on this 1F layer at 50 cm above the ground. This is only one test, however, and I wouldn't be surprised if other tests found propagation at the ground. I am not excited for the future structure of this snowpack.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Conern for the day, other than a shallow snowpack, was dry loose slides in the new snow which were observable on steep slopes.</p>