Quick report
No instabilities noted, other than a possible small cornice collapse in Snowslide Canyon Bowl.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- light
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
It was a windy day, but we were relatively well protected from substantial southerly blasts on the north side of Fremont. Most moving snow was lost to the atmosphere rather than forming large and continuous windslabs.
Snowpack
We dug down about 100cm in the ~11500' starting zones of the Telemark Path of Fremont Peak. Snowpack had no propagation, moderate to high strength and moderate structure. There was some firm windboard over softer snow. The 10cm windboard on the surface was unreactive and well-bonded to the softer snow below. Snow from 50-100cm below the surface was 1F+ to P hard. The snowpack was about 2.5m deep; one spot measured 310cm.
Wind protect areas of N. Fremont held nice soft powder. Open and exposed areas above 11000' had a firm windboard surface welded to the snow below.
Some respectable-sized cornices were above the cliffs at the top of Jay's Slide Path. There were some small but growing cornices above Snowslide Canyon Bowl.
There were sun crusts on most aspects below 11000, but steep wind-protected and sun-shaded northerly terrain between 10400 and 11000 held nice powder.
Snowpack melting fast below 10000', especially on sunny slopes.