Snowpack

Observation: Flagstaff Ridge

Patrick G.Salt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
Southeast
Red Flags
Wind Loading, Rapid Warming
Elevation
3048 m
Red Flags Comment
<p>I knew it was best to go early and the avalanche danger for wet slabs was increasing with the sun. Windloading would have been a bigger concern with lighter density snow that was able to be transported more readily. The snow was so dense that it was not transporting much storm snow. </p>

Snowpack

Very supportable turns on the storm snow on both laps. I saw some windloading and with the sun peaking out knew that my time on the new snow was limited.