Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
Widespread cracking in graupel/storm snow, but no avalanches observed.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 20
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Rain Elevation
- n/app
- Recent Snowfall
- 10
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Cold and cloudy. Winds at the top of Point 6 were gusting strong to very strong but decreased to light once off the ridgeline. Multiple periods of graupel falling through the day.
Snowpack
Avalanche problems are seperated distinctly into two categories: older persistent weak layers and new snow instabilities. See avalanche problems for more detailed discussion.