Beautiful clear day. Calm to light north winds at ridge tops. Sun broke down previous days crust, upper 2cms became moist.
Evidence of loose snow avalanches (solar initiated dry loose) from past week. No distinct slabs observed.
HS=40-70cm, strongly affected by wind, elevation and aspect. Difficult to find a representative slope for digging, thanks to amount of sage brush and rock near the surface. 12/7 widely distributed, overlying slab still thin enough here that I'd expect it to re-activate with additional loading.
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Persistent Slab |
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Layer Depth/Date: 12/7 Comments: In a state of dormancy, thanks to faceting of overlying slab |
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Wind Slab |
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Comments: Wind slabs I encountered were restricted to ridgelines and unreactive, mostly a concern based on additional stress on weak snow underneath |