Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 3139 m
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Have dug a couple pits in upper elevation north facing terrain the last couple days looking at our buried persistent weak layers. This terrain has not been skied yet this year, but has avalanched at least once. A couple take-aways so far. 1) In lower angle terrain that did not avalanche previously the snowpack is deep and the early season facets are rounding with good results in stability tests (i.e., no propagation). In terrain that likely avalanched during the Thanksgiving cycle, the snowpack is shallower and weaker. These areas likely were thin during early December when there was some cold weather that may have led to additional faceting. 2) other take-away from looking in this north facing terrain is that I'm not noticing the late December facets. See snowpits below.</p>
1.5-2" new from the quick wave that passed through morning of the 30th. Winds had rippled much of the snow surface - but at least where we were didn't completely scour the snow or form much in the way of wind slabs