Quick report
At the parking lot is was lightly snowing with 3" of new snow. As we skinned up we noticed a 2" thick layer that was becoming a crust. At 2,300 the crust was firm and supportable. We had around 6" of new snow at this elevation. We dug a snow pit at 3,000' that did not produce concerning results. They crust was thin but still present. Biggest concern is larger slab over the facet crust combo when the next storm or wind arrives.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 28
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 15" above 2,500'
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Light winds out of the southeast in the afternoon at 3,000'
Snowpack
In our snow pit we saw facets above and below the new crust and depth hoar at the bottom. Total snow was 70cm. There was no concerning layers from our tests (two ECTN's).
Avalanche
We saw D1.5 slab avalanche on east slope in a cross loaded gully at an elevation of around 2,800' that looks to be a few days old. It was partially covered in the new snow. From the distance it looked to be around a foot deep and the crown width was around 150'. It was hard to be sure in the flat light but it looked like it ran ~300'