Quick report
On east slopes I observed very shallow natural instabilities. These small slides were easily triggered while skiing on east slopes as well. They were so shallow that I hesitate to call them avalanches. The top few centimeters of surface snow had become more consolidated and was sliding on the colder weaker snow beneath. They were Loose avalanches although they were neither wet nor dry.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 8
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
The morning started out Overcast and the peak itself was in the cloud. By late morning clouds were Scattered. Throughout most of the terrain the wind was Calm, but near the summit it was Light from the northwest. At these highest elevations I observed previous blowing snow from the north. It was cold all morning.
Snowpack
There was 7-10 cm. of new snow from the last couple of days overlaying a melt-freeze crust. Riding conditions were "dust on crust". This surface snow was very light and weak, but became more consolidated on slopes that received sunshine.