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Powder Bowl East Snowpit; adjacent to recent avalanche

Location Name: 
East Powder Bowl area
Region: 
Mt. Shasta
Date and time of observation: 
Thu, 12/15/2016 - 10:00pm
Observation made by: 
Forecaster
Red Flags:
Recent avalanche activity
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain

Location Map

United States
41° 21' 51.7248" N, 122° 12' 24.9552" W
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Snowpack Observations

Details

Adjacent avalanche weak layer above old melt freeze crust. Hard shovel shear tests were able to produce shear along 4F/1Fdensity change at 69cm down from surface but unlikely to be able to initiate and propagate an avalanche at that layer.

Snow Pit Photos

Photos

  • Not the best lighting, but crown line of recent wind slabavalanche visible along ridgeline

Weather Observations

Details

Clearing, warm and wet with cooling trend. Snowpack expected to freeze solid!

Statistics

Cloud Cover: 
100% of the sky covered by clouds
Blowing Snow: 
No
Precipitation: 
Mixed rain and snow
Accumulation rate: 
Less than 1 in. per hour
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Cooling
Wind Speed: 
Calm
Wind Direction: 
Northwest