Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>As the winds increased we noticed cracking and were able to trigger small wind slabs. In general, the weak layers in the snowpack are highly variable. The lower in elevation we went, the shallower and less cohesive the pack became. Depths ranged from 20 to 30". The weakest snow actually might be the light density surface snow as ECT showed no propagating results. Though there are areas where we found nothing but faceted snow in the entire pit. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This is first only because it's what was happening today. The winds are continuing to increase and as snowfall increases we'll likely see the rapid development of wind slabs. These could potentially become buried under the new snow once precipitation rates increase. </p>
There was 2-3" of very low density snow on top of a variety of surfaces depending on the aspect and elevation.