Snowpack

Observation: Patsey Trees

Keagan TSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
North
Red Flags
Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
2835 m

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Wind was blowing hard this morning out of the SW with large cornices forming off ridges on N/NE aspects. With yesterday's small snow refresh there's definetly a fair amount of snow being moved onto leeward aspects. With a small system moving through today then a larger one on Sunday, new snow continue to be deposited to create very large wind slabs and cornices.</p> <p>The PWL from the November dry spell is definetly present at around 100cm (Pictured is the layer of sugary facets we're talking about). While there was little to no propegation in ECT and SS was hard, once new snow falls on what is currently here and loads this layer more it will become much more reactive.</p>