Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>While not everywhere, on high northerlies above 9000', there is 4-10 inches of faceted, weak snow sitting out in large pockets, but often broken up by vegetation. On the highest north-facing slopes (10200'+) there are well-connected sheets of similar snow that are the most likely suspects for posing a future problem when the snow starts to fall. </p>
Cardiac area/LSB area showing well-connected snow coverage on N/NNE slopes
Cardiff area showing less connected coverage, but still notable amounts of snow.
Snowpack
Traveling up Cardiff Fork from BCC, continuous snow coverage started near 8700', with 1-3 inches of loose, faceted snow. Most snow on valley bottom up to ~9000' had 2-3mm surface hoar, overlaying a thin, eggshell-like temperature crust, over varying sized facets to the ground. After peeking in towards Superior—to confirm there is continuous, well-connected snow above 10200' on N-NE aspects—I doubled back to head up Cardiff Pass. HS increased to 4-8" on northerly aspects I traveled, with pockets of HS 10" with similar spx structure.