Quick report
- Aspect
- South
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 3353 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Did a quick column test on a wind slab right at timberline at top of show off. Had a clean break CT3 at 12" below snow surface, took me off guard. Could make for some interesting slabs with new snow continuing to load. Other tests on similar aspects without wind effects showed an incredibly stable and well anchored snowpack. Couldn't get a column to fail on Julie's glade. The snow is amazing: 2 to 3.5 feet deep and mostly well anchored!</p>
CT3 at 12" below snow surface. This stuff could slide.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Stay off of the wind slabs at timberline, there are weak layers in there!</p> <p>New snow on crust on southern aspect below the aspen line will form a perfect slide surfaces for any kind of slab set up by this storm and for sluff slides.</p>
Relatively large flakes mostly, but some periods of grappel were also observed.