Observation: Bountiful Peak

Wind Loading

Poor Snowpack Structure

Enough wind loading to make shallow slabs in the most exposed locations, but generally a non-issue. Upper elevations are shallow consisting of faceted snow sandwiched between wind crusts that are at most a few centimeters thick. Snow depth is about 30” in sheltered locations. The mid-snowdepth crust is still existent but with about a foot of sugary facets resting on top of it, and below. Same story repeats itself here of it being easy to initiate sluffing of weakened snow in steep terrain. Photo shows a hasty pit just below the ridge line on a NW face at 9100’. Showing faceted snow between various wind crusts.