Snowpack

Lost Trail backcountry

Cam MackenzieBitterroot
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Quick report

Cracking
specific

Instability isolated to the new snow with multiple natural D1 storm slab avalanches observed this morning. Once the morning snowfall pulse ended, instability decreased noticeably.

Weather

Air Temp
20
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
none
Rain Elevation
n/app
Recent Snowfall
22
Snow Avail For Transport
large amounts

Winter wonderland. Nine inches of stellars this morning with no wind effect. Light snow through the day. At 1500, the next pulse of moisture arrived with S5 snowfall rates.

Snowpack

No wind loading or transport was noted. Today, the storm slab was the only issue, and it made itself readily apparent with cracking and avalanching and, as a result, was easy to manage with slope angle.