Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Another very warm day in the backcountry and the usual concerns of loose wet slides were the main issue. I observed mostly minor roller balls and a few small wet sluffs, although over on Moffit Peak on the north side, a few larger wet sluffs that started near steep rocky terrain had some good debris piles. </p>
1. The gate on Hwy 150 opened today and there is parking at the ranger station.
2. Not a lot of snow on the hwy, this photo is just below the Whitney turn-off this morning.
The coverage on the Whitney road is still good a few miles in.
The south facing slopes are looking a little thin right now in the Whitney Basin.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Normal spring concerns as the snow surface becomes wet and unsupportable, it's time to move to another colder aspect. Don't over stay your welcome with this weather pattern and plan your return trip where you are not forced to ride out on wet unsupportable snow. </p>
With a few consecutive nights without a good refreeze the snow conditions today were soft and somewhat unsupportable in the lower elevations, but in the higher terrain around the Whitney Basin travel on a sled was okay if you watched your slope aspect. Anything south facing was punchy early in the day. North facing slopes were soft, but supportable and had the best riding today.