Isolated windslabs
Observation: Summit
Location: Tenderfoot
A little hike to check out conditions prior to there storm
Standard route to 2700′
Faceted w/ an observable ice lens 1/3 down snowpack above 1700′
MF crust at surface where windslab absent/blown off
Observer Comments
Weather
Very slight ENE breeze in the alpine, 12-20*F, increasing temps, clouds and lowering ceiling throughout the day
Snow surface
HS@2700' 28cm - quite variable
Snowpack
sub-alpine - facets, MFcrust, facets, SH to 6+mm
Alpine - facets, MF crust, 0.5mm facet layer, wind broken small rounds faceting on top, no SH
failed on isolation
windslab 24* slope
Poor structure @ ~2000'
Keep your tips up!