Observations from Donner Pass

Location Name: 
Above China Wall
Region: 
Donner Summit Area
Date and time of observation: 
Sat, 03/19/2016 - 14:30
Location Map: 
United States
39° 18' 54.0288" N, 120° 19' 18.7644" W
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Red Flags: 
Observation made by: Guide at Tahoe Mountain School
Snowpit Observations
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There were wet surface snow conditions at the 7000' elevation on NW N NE E aspects in the Donner Pass area today.   At 2:00 pm on the exposed E SE aspects the surface crust was 4" thick soft but supportable.  In the shaded N NW aspects the crust was 1" thick soft and unsupportable.  Boot penetration ranged from 1" to knee deep.   We saw old debris from multiple avalanches, above China Wall, N face of Donner Peak, Poop Chute and Goldilocks Wall.  Winds were light from SW and we observed no new signs of instabilities.   We did 6 compression tests all were CTN.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
Cloud Cover: 
25% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Light
Precipitation: 
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
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