Snowpack

Sgts North of Brundage

George HalcomSalmon River Mountains
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Quick report

Great travel conditions with excellent snow quality and good stability with Moderate Hazard of Triggering a persistent slab avalanche getting harder--- large consequences if triggered.

No instability observed other than harmless D-1 solar point release near rocks and steeper terrrain, natural on SW aspect of Sgts.

Weather

Air Temp
6
Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
none
Rain Elevation
NO
Recent Snowfall
20
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Sunny Cold and clear with light North winds. Mostly to partly cloudy.

Snowpack

The Snowpack is gaining density and strength above buried weak layer of surface hoar and facets that were buried on 1/31. Still getting propigating results in PST 27/113 END on NE. Longer cut length on Southeast aspect showed harder to trigger than Northern aspects... Yet still propagating PST 52/102 END.