Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of rollerballs, as expected, on steeper terrain. Snow became very saturated on east and south mid to low elevations as the temperatures increased. Noted one significant collapse in shallow (wind scoured) upper elevation terrain near the top of Swan Peak.</p>
Snowpack
Snow on east and south aspects was fairly damp though very ridable until early afternoon.
West faces were perfectly corned up by the afternoon.
The only sign of instability was a collapse that occurred on an isolated wind pillow in an otherwise barren low angle section. Wind ravaged the area over the weekend so the upper west faces were stripped of snow and in some areas were down to bare rocks.
Saw the remnants of a large slide in the Gut that likely occurred during the last cycle, last week.