Persistent Slab Woes in Spider Bowl

Toured into Swan Range (Spider Bowl) to investigate wind slab formation from recent snow and wind and as well, see how persistent slab problems were trending.

• Found approx. 5" of low density snow above sun, rain, or wind skin depending on aspect and elevation
• S-1 to S1 snowfall noted during the morning and early afternoon with obscured skies later in the afternoon with no measureable accumulations
• Noticable wind transport at mid and upper elevations with large wind swells noted along ridgelines
• Moderate southwest winds with occasional strong gusts noted above 5000'
• Stubborn wind slabs in specific terrain features noted along ridgelines from approx. 5000' to 6400'+ with minor surface cracking noted below skis and none propagating outward
• Found two buried rain crust within top 1.5 m of snowpack along with graupel event from 1/20
• T-day crust and 12/17 crust buried deep in the snowpack