Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 2682 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Some isolated cracking in terrain features near the top of beginner bowl.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This is the first significant accumulation this season, and the fresh snow will stick to the underlying terrain. Avalanches are generally unlikely this weekend, but you might trigger isolated shallow wind slabs in windy or exposed terrain at the highest elevations..</p>
A good amount of fresh, somewhat dense and rimed new snow including some graupel. Around 6" of fresh accumulation at the lake, but more like a foot in beginner bowl and above around 8500' in elevation. Under the fresh snow from the last couple days, we found a thin layer of harder snow (5-10 cm) capping the still warm and soft ground on a north facing slope.
Very shallow, early season conditions exist, and you are likely to hit rocks or woody debris in most areas.