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Signs of Unstable Snow

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Quick tour this morning, OVC low clouds, temp at 6300ft , 22*F, @ 8:30am. Light to moderate wind NW. S<1 around 9 am. New snow 2-3cm from Sunday night’s storm. Pretty much dusting on a very stout crust. Had a couple small isolated collapses from where wind slabs had formed. Wind slab was hard and stiff 3cm thick in places. Wind had effected isolated SE aspects along ridgeline. Starting around 6700ft- 8100ft. Pictures show wind effected areas, Dug quick hand pit shows SE aspect. 7300ft shows 3cm wind slab on top of 3-4cm of low density snow sitting on 3cm melt freeze crust and then just 2mm facets underneath. When this next warmer storm comes in will have have to watch all different layers to see what happens.