Snowpack

Observation: Cutler Ridge

Tim BeamanOgden
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Red Flags
Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comment
<p>If surface hoar development continues and is buried intact by the next storm, it could provide a very insidious weak layer once buried. </p>

Snowpack

A luxuriant and widespread blanket of surface hoar is developing at lower and mid elevtations, up to 15 mm crystals, making fun some fun skiing through the low bushes.

A quick pit on E slope @ 30 degrees 8800 just below the saddle S of Ben Lomond summit:

     0-16"  wind slab of rounded facets, mostly 4 finger

     CT = 6  Q2 @ 17"  on a very weak layer of facets associated with an old crust

     17-40" (to ground) mostly old facets, fist

No collapsing or cracking as noted  on previous tour (12/12/13)