Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Porter McMichaelObservation Date:
November 27, 2022Submitted:
November 27, 2022Zone or Region:
West NorthActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Mazama BowlSigns of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
Yes, IsolatedDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
NoObservations
We covered a lot of terrain and skied most aspects without issue. There was wide spread graupel of varying depth. On some leeward aspects, in constructions, it was up to 20cm deep. Basically all the graupel we saw came with a 5-15cm wind slab on top. While not very cohesive wind slabs yet, I imagine wind and storm slabs will run easily on the graupel weak layer with more loading coming this week.
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