Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
More wind than expected. Cracking in numerous places along the ridge in actively forming wind slab. 1-12” deep. Primarily from 8200ft and up. Wind was blowing from the SE. Cracks were propagating up to 25ft from ski tips. Also observed natural cracks in some places around larger recently formed drifts.
Weather
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Overcast, first snow from the next storm arrived around 12pm. However, there is ample old snow available for transport and wind slabs were forming up to a foot deep prior to the next round of snow.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 9166 ft