Snowpack

Observation: Cutler Ridge

Tim BeamanOgden
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Quick report

Aspect
Northeast
Red Flags
Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
2377 m
Slope Angle
28°
Red Flags Comment
<p>Snow transport taking place at the higher elevations is producing some fresh, sensitive winds slabs. The rain crust has locked up the snowpack for now, but the underlying poor structure still exists.</p>

Rain runnels on lower elevation slope.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Considerable hazard from Fresh wind slabs lurking in the higher elevations especially below the ridgeline. Increasing hazard during the upcoming storm event predicted for Xmas day.</p>

The 10 cm or so of graupel sitting atop the burly rain crust from the last storm was being worked by the wind  in to a patch-work of exposed, slick crust and pockets of wind transported snow  making skiing rather challenging.