Steamboat & Flat Tops

Avalanche

jacob Mandell · Mar 17, 2018 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Sunny with clouds building in the north and south as the day went on. Strong SW winds on the ridge tops with wind loading on the N side.

Snowpack

Snow below ridge line on S face was about 3 inches on a firm crust. Snow was starting to get sun effected by 2 pm but skied nicely. Did not observe any signs of instability or pinwheel. By 3 pm snow at 8600ft was turning to isothermal mush.

Avalanche

none observed.