Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Size one and two wet avalanches abound; most loose; a few propagated out but not widely.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Two to four feet of snow the last couple days seeing strong sun and warming temperatures. Would expect all steep solars to have shed with good debris piles. Even some mid/low elevation northerly couloirs might've been suspect with upper headwalls catching early sun...</p> <p>Relief not really expected until mid-week and focus will be on cloud cover the next few days.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dust layer found 45cm down on northerly aspects but remained innocent in snow tests. Two significant avalanches remotely triggered on this layering on Friday (Crystal Palace and East Kessler-Catcher's Mitt) that should give one pause. Imagine trend is toward stabilization but facets are facets you know...</p> <p>Added a new pic of the Crystal Palace avalanche to the original report, also seen below. </p> <p>Cornice fall might pry out this layering; similarly wet slabs failing at this layering also possible, particularly if pried out by wet loose above...</p>
Soft settled powder on upper/mid elevation northerlies; all else crusted or damp.