Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3170 m
From the bottom up, 50 CM of loose facets, 20 cm of 2 finger, 15 cm of four finger, top surface of easy fist.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Fully half of the snowpack in shcltered areas are sugary facets. In a 100 cm pit, on a 30 degree slope, the entire top 50 cm failed before I finished the backcut of my ETC test. On steep slopes, it would seem human caused avalanches are definate. I saw no signs of any natruary relases.</p> <p>This week, elevations about 10,500 feet received about 8 inches of low density snow. Unusually for Tushar's there was very little wind loading or transport. The illusion that the snow pack may be stabilizing is just that.</p>