Quick report
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>North slope at 9130' just off the ridgeline dug a hand pit, came out SP with energy with easy to moderate pull. Failing on loose faceted grains about 15-18" from the top. Then when I took a step away from the pit we had a loud whompf with collapsing. This was a 35+ degree slope so we went elsewhere. Later in the day on our uptrack we had more collapsing and cracking in a protected area on a North aspect at 8420'. I suspect some buried surface hoar here. See picture below. Also I had a few isolated wind slabs near the ridges break off. Small and manageable.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Loose snow and maybe a soft slab on steep North facing aspect.</p>
NNW thru NE holding great snow above 8000'. Saw graupel in the top few inches spilling out onto the uptrack. Also surface hoar in the morning in the shady protected areas and near surface faceting. W and E had crust in the morning and later turning to damp. South barely had any snow. Mostly rocks.