Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Saw most of the red flags today. Was quite surprised to not see any naturals from the last 24 hours, though. Had two different booming collapses roll through meadows as we approached. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The cold temps before this storm produced a weak surface for the new snow to fall on. </p> <p>The westerlies in this last storm certainly moved a good deal off of snow off of west facing slopes in addition to moving the new snow. Although we didn't get our feet on any wind slabs where we traveled, we saw numerous west facing slopes blown back to shrubs... </p>
A good bit of graupel mixed in with the new snow.