Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3109 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The shallow snowpack on northerly aspects is very weak and the lower half is faceted through. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The poor snowpack structure will undoubtedly lead to a persistent weak layer problem when a load is added and a slab develops. This could come as soon as this weekend. </p> <p>Photo illustrates the poor snowpack structure with faceted snow beginning at the obvious mid-line layer and continuing down to the ground. </p>
Snow cover is very thin with mostly dry ground on solar aspects. Snow depth ranges from 10" at 9000' to just under 2' at 10,000' on northerly aspects.
Photo is of the Horse's Head slide path and illustrates the worst of the worst snowcover. Cover is better up higher where northerly aspects are more contiguous.