Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3292 m
Some of those cold temps at the end of Jan probably faceted the snow surface. Snow was pretty cold today, and had strong temperature gradients in the upper 40cm.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Good coverage on the entire approach. Found some nice turns on "golf ball" textured snow. </p> <p>Some weak snow near the surface had an intermittent wind slab/board above it. Not too much of a problem today, although I would guess some sensitive wind slabs could be a problem as there was little cohesion (easy shovel tilt test and CT 6 SC.) Doesn't seem like propagation is likely though (ECTN12).</p> <p>This poor structure was enough to make me turn around from steeper, more wind-slab prone terrain. </p> <p> </p> <p>Found an interesting graupel layer down 75 cm. Was not reactive in tests. </p> <p> </p>