Obs from Donner / Judah

- Our AIARE 2 course went out in the field today to make some observations and find some good turns. Both were accomplished. 

- Lower/Mid elevation fog was on and off throughout the day. Below freezing temps and moderate NE winds were observed today as well. 

- We ID some small isolated wind slabs NTL + ATL on N , NW, W aspects. All reactive to kick tests and stomps. Could be of consequence in extreme terrain. 

- In our snowpit, we ID the Dec 8th Buried Surface Hoar as well as the Dec 1 Faceted layer. Dec 1 facets have gained significant strength ( moist / 4f) and the buried surface hoar had collapsed as expected. 

Snow profile site location: HS 215cm, NE Aspect , NTL. - Snowpack test results : DTN , CTN . Did not conduct a PST due to the depth of the Dec 1 facets and time consuming process.