Observations from Rubicon Peak

Location Name: 
Rubicon Peak
Region: 
West Shore Area
Date and time of observation: 
Mon, 01/12/2015 - 11:30
Location Map: 
United States
38° 59' 21.66" N, 120° 8' 2.472" W
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Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

No evidence of instability observed in this area today. Near crust facets are still poorly developed, but represent an larger portion of the snowpack than seen in the last snowpit data collected here on Dec 31. Above 8,600' snow surface conditions consisted of 5 cm of dust on crust. Below 8,600' conditions quickly transitioned to supportable melt-freeze crust in a frozen state. All NW-N-NE aspects traveled in this area today were above 7,500' and remained frozen at 12:15pm.

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
100% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Calm
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
More detailed information about the weather: 

Light rain showers observed while driving on Hwy 89 between Squaw Valley and Truckee at 1:15pm.