Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>There was some minor cracking and collapsing in drifted high west-facing terrain, and wind slab avalanches around a foot deep are possible in steep, drifted terrain.</p>
We found nice new snow and rapidly increasing stability today. This morning the new snow was not bonding well with the warm old snow underneath, especially where the new snow was drifted...By this afternoon, the new snow was already noticeably more stable.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Cracking and minor collapsing in drifted areas indicate potential for shallow wind slabs, 1' to 2' deep on slopes where recent easterly winds drifted snow.</p> <p>Small loose wet avalanches will be likely in steep terrain when the strong April sun comes out and moistens the fresh snow.</p>
We found nice shallow powder conditions and cold snow. Wind scoured on high northeast and east-facing slopes in Garden City Bowls, but nice on the west-facing slopes above the Swan Flts road. The fresh powder hid some exposed or shallowly buried rocks in mid-elevation terrain.