Snow Cover
• 20 cm • Heavy snow drift • Wind slab (hard slab) • Dry • Wind packed layer on surface - loose snow beneath
20 – 30 cm snowpack
Lots of wind drift and blowing snow
Surface temperature -6.7
Temperature at bottom 0.3
Air temperature – 3.4
Avalanche Danger Assessment
• No Danger because of little snowpack, little snow overall. • With more snow it can become a problem, very weak base layers. • 1 Low • Forecast too high • Avalanche forecast was 2, however there was not enough snow in this coast area. The snow was probably transported away or evaporated.