Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
Sunny with blue skies made for a great day of conservative ski touring however the danger rating proved to be accurate today with multiple red flags in play.
photo #1 : typica localized cracking above skin track on mid-storm graupel layer.
photo #2 : Rime high on cutler ridge trees.
photo #3 : Old glide avalanche visible from the summit ridge of Ben Lomond, looking south.
photo #4 : debrie pile from small slide below Baileys Trees.
photo #5 : Outlining the crown of small slide below Baileys Trees.
photo #6 : Cracking/Collapsing on a E aspect, 37 degrees @ approx. 8500 ft. 8-10 inches deep, above dickens crust.
photo #7 : small profile of where the cracking / collapsing occured in photo #6.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>New snow over the 20200207 Dicken's Crust was the major concern for today, though we observed few sign of instability on the way up they certainly were present on the way down. </p> <p>Minor wind slab formation was present on various aspects.</p>