Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Recent heavy snowfall and strong winds during the storm are the obvious players. However, the terrain I traveled in revealed very little in the way of spooky, early season conditions.</p>
South facing terrain is starting to fill in, so there's an option if you wanna remove any question regarding facets near the ground. USA Bowl, pictured here, was brown and brushy prior to the big storm.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>A week ago Mt. Millicent only had a few patches of early season snow... and then it was winter. Other than some high elevation, north facing outliers that had old, faceted September snow near the ground, the pack feels really solid and generally homogenous.</p> <p>Wow... our snowpack went from zero to hero.I found a few density inversions within the storm snow. Top 8"-10" inches cracked out around my skis, but was lacking energy.</p>
Deep light snow starting to gain some body. Travel was easier today than during the height of the storm.