Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No real red flags, little over half and inch of water with moderate winds. However, enough to pay attention, especially in the morning before things began to settle out. </p>
Photos show wind slab triggered on a ski cut. Slope was NE facing with a slope angle around 40 degrees. Slab was 2’ deep and 50’ wide, running approximately 300’.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>We were able to ski cut out a couple soft slabs. The deepest was about 2’ deep and 50’ wide (see photo below). They were pretty sensitive in the morning, easily breaking right at your skis and running on the melt freeze crust from before the storm. Typical of spring, by early afternoon they had already begun to settle out and bond to the underlying crust. </p> <p>Out of the wind the snow would still break easily st your skis and run as loose snow avalanches. Like noted above for wind drifted snow, things began to settle out in the afternoon. </p>
9” new overnight with another 3” or so during the day giving totals around a foot. Density was 5-6%.