Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Dug a quick hand pit on the steep section that is sorta mandatory on the Porter Fork approach to Raymond Glade (due north at about 8500 or so) and got a super clean shear about a foot or so down. Took a bit of effort to get the block to pull out, but it was so clean and nice that any less effort to pull it out woulda made me nervous. </p>
The E. facing shots off Raymond have been skied hard, and we skied one lower off the shoulder. Different aspect than what we had climbed/skied earlier, but given the info that we had it seemed ok. No rollerballing on the due south aspects even late, despite the high temps/no wind.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Not really sure.....It didn't feel much like a slab since the new (now old) snow is indeed deteriorating somewhat and it's capped by a rime crust, but the quick hand pit was a little unnerving. Isolated tho; other comparable "pits" didn't show that as much.</p>
skied just fine. East facing good too.