Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
This is by far the deepest I have ever seen surface and near surface facets!
Around foot deep of faceted loose unconsolidated snow. Unusual weather. Cold plesant weather with just a few inches of snow past 3 ish weeks lots of clear nights.
There is a wind skin that is holding down sluffing in wind exposed areas. Some sluffing around 9000' where wind protected.
I pole probed around some old slides, i was curious about in Bannana days- felt resistant/ consolidated/ not junky except around thin areas/ rocks.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>We didn't make it to ridge. So didn't encounter wind slabs, Snow was being transported. Wind skin above 9300. Often Couple inches snow blown in old skin tracks above 9000' </p> <p> </p> <p>Think more wind tonight.</p>