Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2743 m
- Slope Angle
- 21°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Frequent collapsing on localized slopes shooting cracks 50 feet. The moderate southerly winds were finding their way into mid-elevation slopes and affected the snow surface.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The recent storm snow is settled into a 12-inch thick soft slab. That slab is sitting above a 2-inch thick layer of 2mm facets. Throughout our tour we experienced a dozen or more collapses with cracks shooting 50-feet. The moderate south and southwesterly winds were drifting snow at mid and upper elevations. Where we traveled the wind-drifted snow did not appear to be a separate problem but rather contributing to a thicker and stiffer Persistent slab problem that failed on faceted snow. </p>