Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A thinner snowpack with weak dry sugary snow near the ground is the general set-up in this area. The slab above the weak snow is like 4F density in areas not affected by the wind. I did have two quite big collapses as I neared the ridgeline where the wind had drifted the snow. </p>
Great snow quality today, but this area is still on the thin side with stumps and down trees.
Only around 30" or so in the East Fork of the Bear River. Dry weak sugary snow near the ground with a 4F slab above and a couple of thin crusts generally make up the snowpack. I did identify what might be the New Years mist layer below the recent storm snow where I got an ECT to propagate on ten taps.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The slab above the weak snow near the ground is still on the soft side until you get into the windy exposed terrain where there is a stiffer slab. I did experience two decent collapses that shook the snow out of a few small aspen trees. </p>
The mid-week storm left around 6-8" of fairly low density snow near the north slope trailhead with slightly more snow at the higher elevations. The traveling and snow conditions on the east side of the highway are still a bit thin.