Snowpack

Observation: Laurel Highway

Chris BensonMoab
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Red Flags
Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
Red Flags Comment
<p>minimal avalanche activity... observed r1d2 in red snow cirque. minimal cracking and only 1-2 collapses. exceptional wind effect has scoured, pressed and deposited snow in a wide spread manner. significant wind loading occured throughout the day.</p>

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>se s and sw</p>

storm totals around 25 cm. hs in gold basin 152 cm. storm snow has been severely re distributed onto lee aspects, substantially farther down starting zones than usual. southerly aspects consisted of variable wind.slabs 10cm to 40 cm sitting on top of a mf crust..apparently bonding ok with mf crust.