Quick report
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Still feeling FC on ground in many places traveled today from NW-E-SE from 7,300'-9,700'. Did a quick ECT at 8,300' NW, HS 115, 10cm of FC ECTX. No collapses noted. Cracking and wind slab formation and reactivity along NW ridge between 9,700'-9,200'. No moving snow on short pitches up to 34*. Went from CO to WA in a week.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Giving this a little time to see what happens with the new load. Don't trust it yet. Looks like a benign week of WX to investigate ax activity and the PWL.</p> <p>Lots of snow out there. Seems as though lower and mid elevation has been shrink wrapped by rain, rime and temps (limited AST low/mid), assume there is still pleanty of snow to move around up higher or with high enough winds.</p>
Damp snow down around 7,500' from light morning rain. Thin rime crust everywhere except for denser trees. Not affecting the skiing. Heavy snow. Felt like the Cascades out there today.