Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind seemed to present the great hazard today than new snow on its own. Found 1F cornices on low elevation ridgelines that were under 1m tall, reactive, but not super sensitive. Similarly, found the occasional pocket of hollow wind slab, but at the low elevations we didn't note any cracking or collapsing with these.</p>
Cornices today. Photo 1: DeBruin. Photo 2: Leydet.
Snowpack
Picked up about 30cm of new snow since yesterday at the low elevations. Snow was a bit denser today, though still quite soft. Things were a bit more cohesive under foot and in test slopes, but more on the side of dry loose and less on the side of storm slab. Wind effects meant cross loaded gullies, corniced ridgelines, and firmer snow in windward locations.