Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
I snowsnowed to the beaver ponds on Broads breaking trail much of the way. The snow ranged from a bit damp or heavy on both the lower trail and on the sun drenched upper trail at the beaver ponds.
The snow was well behaved along the trail with no signs or sounds of significantly instability. In fact, the snow was creamy and very good foe snowshoeing once the legwork was done and I headed back down trail.
I could see evidence of wet release or sluffing on Bonkers and Divong Board (see pictures).
I spoke with two aweosme skiers who had considered naming Bonkers when I spoke with them on the trail. When I saw them at the beaver bonds they'd elected to bag it for today. The snow was heavy on the area on Vonkers clearly unstable.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Due to the welcomed past weeks storm cycle, there was a well over a foot of new snow at Beaver ponds on Broads. The snow was heavy and also behing influenced by the increasing angle of the late February sun. </p> <p>There was evidence of the warming snow on Bonkers and Diving Board. Several smallish wet releases could be seen from the beaver ponds area. </p>