Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Cracking, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We observed a few shallow loose avalanches running short distances that likely occurred during the morning hour's high PI. These were only in the top 4-6" of snow. We are not tracking any weak layers so any instabilities are in the new snow and healing rapidly during the day. Poor visibility limited our ability to see upper-elevation terrain but there were plenty of slope testers out again today. </p>
Felt very Sierra-y today with heavy powder snow on all aspects. Many wind-favored areas had up to 2' of snow from the past couple of storms. Breaking trail was a chore once it greenhoused. We observed a "capping" of dryer snow as the top few inches became heavy and the snow just under, stayed somewhat dry.
photo 1 - shallow loose "avalanche" that occurred during the high PI this morning.
photo 2 - poor visibility due to steamy-type fog
Snowpack
The snow started out dry but quickly became heavy and moist with the greenhouse effect.