Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No shortage of cold snow up high and winds moving plenty of it around, especially along the high ridges.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Wind had no problem transporting snow and cross-loading terrain features like chutes and gullies (top image)... and whipping snow into shallow drifts that released naturally on sustained, steep slopes (bottom image)</p> <p>With a robust storm on tap, I expect a rising avalanche danger the next couple of days.</p>
Full range of snow conditions today. Cold, spongy snow on upper elevation north, but add just a little bit of sun and you've got hot pow on the menu. Mid and low elevation terrain took on heat, though cloud cover kept a lid on heating and helped snow remain supportable.