Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>It did not appear to be too alarming out there today with the new snow, but the winds along the higher exposed ridgelines were forming fresh and somewhat sensitive drifts. The only recent activity we observed were a few small shallow new snow avalanches in steep thin rocky terrain. </p>
We had limited visibility during the day , but observed a few shallow new snow avalanches.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Gusty winds were blowing the new snow into drifts along and off the ridgelines. </p> <p>The 10" or so of new snow did not appear to have drastically changed the avalanche hazard, but we did observe a few small shallow new snow slides that released in steeper thin rocky terrain. </p>
In very sheltered terrain out of the wind, the snow was quite nice with cold powder and good turning and riding. Not quite enough new snow to cover up old hard tracks, but where the wind had been blowing the drifts were deep.