Quick report
• 0-3” of snow on the Canyon floor, thicker patches around 5000’, then a continuous snowpack from 6000’ on up ranging from about 5-20” deep (photo). Deeper snow exists on the shaded aspects. • The snowpack is generally weak and composed almost entirely of facet layers with some crusts interspersed between. • Snowpack surfaces consist of several inches of facets and widespread surface hoar (photo). • Southerly slopes that receive more direct daytime solar radiation had the least amount of surface hoar and a weak crust capping the surface with facets underneath. • No signs of instability today, but all this weak snow will become a concern once loaded by an overlying slab. • No avalanche activity or signs of instability observed.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
• Clear skies in JFS Canyon in the morning with light easterly winds and single digit °F temperatures. • Winds clocked to the S-SW around noon but remained light. Clouds increased throughout the day and by sunset a few snow flurries had begun. • Daytime highs reached the low-20s °F on the Canyon floor and the teens °F above 6000’ elevation.