Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Elevation
- 2743 m
- Slope Angle
- 23°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>light new snow not holding together as a slab</p>
We found mostly stable snow, since the light new snow was not sticking together to form a slab. Wind slabs just becoming cohesive in drifted areas near the ridge top. Cornices were quite sensitive
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Noted significant drifting and some cracking in drifted snow, but could not get any drifts to propagate as wind slabs. </p> <p>Cornices were rapidly building and sensitive. I almost fell off one on a short test slope when it unexpectedly broke further back than I expected.</p> <p>The new snow wasn't sticking together enough to form a slab in the Steam Mill Area. The new snow probably preserved a weak layer consisting of surface hoar and/or near surface facets in many areas, but this was not active on the slopes we looked at.</p> <p>This will turn into a persistent slab problem as more snow accumulates and the slab consolidates on top of the weak snow.</p>
Fine powder riding and skiing.