Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>One goal of my outing was to scout the effects of recent winds relative to new snow and how wind slabs are affecting our persistent weak layer. Noticed some sluffing on S. and E. terrain features along the Emmas and S. facing Grizzly Gulch area. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Wind slabs although present seemed to be a manageable hazard. We dug into one in an area where I would expect to see the persistant weak layer and had no reactivity beyond the new snow (top 25cms)</p> <p>Bottom 20cm of snowpack in this location was 1 to 2mm. 4F facets. I was not able to get any collapsing or failure on this layer. </p>
Really good skiing on N. Dry, low density snow to be found. Boot pen. of about 25 to 30cm. Wind slabs present. Sastrugi, cornice formation and various wind effect present along ridgelines and exposed terrain. Noticed the beginning of a zipper crust on the S. on the way down.