Mountainerd
Diva in Training
yes a lot of snow is great, but the first layer is super light.... not what you want for base layer ....
Yeah its the worst base snow, was talking with one of the ESAC avy forecasters this morning and there's definitely a big concern that this is going to create a persistent weak layer that's going to cause issues this winter. We'll see how it all shakes out I guess...
Btw, if anyone is going to be up here Jan. 11, ESAC just announced their kick-off event. They offer free avalanche and backcountry seminars and then their fundraiser event in the evening. We went to the seminars last year and they were really interesting and useful.