Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Most of these flags, aside from the warming, were mostly present in the morning only.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>In the morning drifted snow in Albion Basin was fairly sensitive in the top 20cm but by early afternoon the hazard seemed to drop rapidly as the winds moderated, precip. tapered and temps rose. In Upper Days a small pocket released at some point at the common top out to the up-track skiers left of Two Dogs (possible skinner trigger) and a small pocket appeared to have released on someone skiing in the center of Main Days but many skiers skied into steep hazard profile terrain in Days and Silver Fork without incident- perhaps by the time many folks got out the hazard waned. Our travel on leeward terrain (after 2pm) in NE facing West Bowl, in Jaws N facing (soft entrance right) and gaining East Pass of Silver Fork from East Bowl produced no signs of instability.</p> <p>During the afternoon the south half took just enough heat to moisten the snow and make for some fairly dense and variable conditions. A few small skier triggered wet loose slides were observed off Flagstaff ridge and in south facing Upper Days. Expect a melt freeze crust in the morning. </p>