Wind Drifted Snow

Increasing Danger

As stated wind slab will still be an issue heading into tomorrow and the next couple of days. They will be most pronounced on N and E facing slopes, but as always look for cross loading and localized wind drifts on all aspects in the high elevations

New Snow

Increasing Danger

I think the crew of five that skied Corkscrew yesterday (Saturday) really hit the nail on the head with their stability evaluation of the corkscrew area. Skiing out there today I can confirm their reports of a relatively stable snow pack. We ski cut and actively skied a lot of steep terrain out there today and enjoyed fun skiing in stable conditions. Keep in mind Corkscrew is generally pretty sheltered from wind and sun compared to a lot of the terrain we ski in the high elevations off Laurel Highway. You will find a lot more variation in snow pack depth and structure and more influence from the wind in the higher elevations. The one thing that may have changed from yesterday to today is the consistency of the storm snow. With the warm and humid temperatures today, the surface snow became more consolidated and if this continues I could see the surface snow acting as a slab. As I dropped into the very last pitch of the day today Travis noticed shooting cracks in the surface snow, something to be aware of as we are forecast to get more snow tomorrow into Tuesday. New snow instablities and storm slab will be something to look out for if we receive the forecasted numbers. I think the overall danger today was moderate, and tomorrow will start out moderate and could change to considerable if the storm delivers.