Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 3078 m
- Slope Angle
- 32°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Noticed some crossloaded pillow development on the Wolverine Cirque steep slopes likely developed late last evening with the strong winds (from whatever direction) which were then covered by the subsequent additional snow overnight.</p> <p>Barring these pillows we did not come across anything else alarming.</p>
Greg with a fine example of the execution of a shovel tilt test providing further corroborative evidence of the results of our CT's.
Snow geeks we are! but occassionally we let it all hang out. Greg opens the figure 8's and I close them.
The pro's (Tom and Greg) commented that Drew hit the forecast rose spot on today.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>'Problem' may be a strong word as we experienced strictly manageable sluffs on slopes over 30 degrees. Worth a note however is our numerous hand shear pits were revealing the beginnings of some cohesion in soft slab development. We see the new snow instabilities decreasing but I (Keith) personally wonder which will win the race in the next 24-ish hours: Graupel weak layer becoming stronger before the new snow becomes sufficiently slab-like or vice versa?</p>
Right side up snow. Nice turning snow. Heard no mention from the group members that they felt the new snow's undergarment (old snow surface) in their turns.