Snowpack

Observation: Talking Mountain Cirque

Tim Matthews, Nate Ament, Dave GarciaMoab
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Observation photo 1

Quick report

Aspect
Northwest
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
3383 m
Slope Angle
23°
Red Flags Comment
<p>Mostly the structure is all weak. In isolated areas you still might be able to find a stubborn slab over weak snow. All bets are off when/if this pattern change arrives around the 10th/11th. </p>

Photo: 1 Still the best skiing to be found is just below the treeline facing NW-N-E in areas not too affected by the winds. This area had a slight 1cm wind crust, but 18cm of soft recycled powder underneath.

Photo: 2 More of the same.

Video: Surf Da Earth.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>I think this problem is very isolated, and quite stubborn, and difficult to trigger. All bets are off when it snows and blows again. Lots and lots of weak snow out there on the polars. </p>

Seek and ye shall find. Faceted loose snow is still soft and fun to turn in. We should all recycle a little more. Even the snow.