Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2591 m
- Slope Angle
- 10°
I got out today to find about 14 inches of new snow at 10k. Between our long high and dry spells and thin snow pack I wasn't surprised to see that the whole snow pack has rotted out. The snow pack is absolutely unsupportable. Up high along the ridge line I observed the new snow shattering around tree wells as I rode by them. SE facing ridge lines are setup with wind load waves from the SE wind last night. I rode down into a drainage to park but after getting stuck once on the way down I just turned back around. 3 snowmobile holes later and I ended up at 8500 ft to ski where the snow was manageable.