Snowpack

Observation: Snowbasin Backcountry

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Quick report

Aspect
Northwest
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Elevation
2591 m

New snow seemed to be behaving well outside of the wind zone; otherwise shallow new wind slabs were noted - and triggered - by the snow safety teams. Slabs best described as dense, but not hard, per se.

Profile showed a fair bit of structure, including damp facets, but this seemed to be well bridged by thick, hard crusts...in this terrain.

Snowpack

Six inches of dense snow with a fair bit of graupel