Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2682 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No wind loading today; just yesterday. Poor structure still noted in mid-elevation MCC.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Route was Spruces>Lees Fork>Reynolds>Soldier ridge>MCC</p> <p>From our travels, Tuesday's strong WSW-WNW winds produced more wind whales or wind plates than wind slabs and the north facing glades off the west Reynolds shoulder (photo 1) and the top of Soldier (photo 2) saw significantly more deposition than the east face of Reynolds (last photo). I would describe these "plates" as hard slabs, by and large, where you are on top of them rather than "in" them. They would occasionally crack out where the wind 'lens' would taper. No "shooting cracks" or collapsing noted. Still, these pockets were at all elevations and well off the ridgelines as well. </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>Becoming dormant and we're trending toward an overall LOW danger. </p>
Variable and that's putting a spin on it. Plenty of wind damage at all elevations. Some soft turns still available in the most wind and sun sheltered terrain.