Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wishing there was a human factor/people red flag. Saw at least 30 different groups between 0700 and 1400. It appeared to be a rare moment when there were not people ascending and descending the same slope at the same time...</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Traveled primarily on solar aspects or areas of lower slope angle but wouldn't have been surprised to see new snow react on buried NSF in localized and sheltered locations. Pole plants easily sunk into the mid pack facets on steep northerly skin tracks. Cracking observed in areas of active wind loading, but luckily the winds were mostly light.</p> <p>Noticed skier triggered sluffs in west facing Holy Toledo and southeast facing Main Days. Appeared quite shallow, including mostly the low density new snow that fell overnight and during the day today. Unable to get a good photo due to flat light and periods of snow.</p>
Low density fluff fell overnight and again in the afternoon. Combined with the cool temps its finally feeling like winter. Low density cold snow will most likely become wet in a hurry if the sun comes out tomorrow.