Steamboat & Flat Tops
AvalancheAnonymous · Jan 14, 2019 · Steamboat & Flat Tops
Weather
Sunny and cold. Amazingly calm winds
Snowpack
Dramatic change in snow from last Monday. Most aspects have very firm layer either on the surface or buried below Monday night's snow. Boot penetration is like quicksand in the lower elevations. Snowmobiles punched through easily. December snow is now a hard slab. Below that is almost powder like.
Avalanche
Several natural avalanches observed, mostly on cornice failures, and in routine locations.