February 26, 2026. 06:00 AM
12 cm new snow, -5.0 deg, snowing, moderate southwest winds.
20-25 cm recent storm snow. Continued wind effect open areas treeline and alpine building windslabs. Up to 50 cm recent storm snow overlies widespread Feb 13 surface hoar treeline and below, over sun crust on solar aspects, and another surface hoar and sun crust down 20 cm. Total 70 - 100 cm settled storm slab over the January 28 layer of surface hoar over various hardpack crusts.
Storm skiing trees and glades yesterday. Groups in Laid Back, Baldurzone, Shazam, Banana Belt, and Hoods in da Woods.
Storm snow and windslabs are reactive. Cracking and natural and skier triggered slabs to size 1.