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Pilgrim Creek & Ash Creek Butte

Location Name: 
Pilgrim Creek Snowmobile Park & Ash Creek Butte
Region: 
East of Mt Shasta
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 02/04/2020 - 12:00pm
Observation made by: 
Forecaster

Location Map

96067 Mount Shasta , CA
United States
41° 27' 33.4692" N, 122° 2' 50.4528" W
California US

Snowpack Observations

Details

General Conditions at Pilgrim Creek Snowmobile Park & Ash Creek Butte:

Roads from the Pilgrim Creek Snowmobile Park are covered with a thin layer of icy snow just beyond the parking lot. There are bare spots down low but expect the roads to mostly covered while temperatures remain cold. Hard pack conditions are widespread throughout the area up to Ash Creek Butte - hard enough to break your snowmobile scratchers. Wind protected areas around Ash Creek Butte have 1-3 inches of low density snow but coverage is sporadic. Some small, inconsequential wind slabs were encountered, but no notable instabilities were seen.

Progress has been made on getting the Ash Creek Butte weather stations operational again. Stay tuned ...

Photos

  • Thin, icy, mostly covered roads beyond parking lot
  • Good coverage, groomed conditions generally
  • Spots of bare road
  • Dust on crust around Ash Creek Butte
  • Working on the Ash Creek Butte weather station

Weather Observations

Statistics

Cloud Cover: 
75% of the sky covered by clouds
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Cooling
Wind Speed: 
Light