Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>I checked snow structure, but I wouldn't call it POOR where we traveled, in fact I was psyched to see the direction the stability trend is going in. However, I do think we need to proceed with caution and gather plenty of snow beta before stepping into big terrain. Knowing the history of the pack I'm cautiously optimistic that the PWL might be trending towards adjusting to last weeks storm cycle. It's spring and changes occur rapidly this time of year.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>This big northeast facing bowl is a repeater and the buried facets from the mid winter dry spell came to life as a result of last weeks big storm. Filled in by snow and wind when I captured this image today, it's clear the avalanche broke deep and wide.</p>
The sun is high in the sky and it has baked all but the most northerly facing slopes in the alpine. But don't let your soft snow heart be troubled, there are large swaths of shallow, cold snow... just don't stray too far off aspect or you'll be dealing with varying degrees of breakable crust.