Avalanches on East Face of Jakes Peak

Location Name: Jakes Peak Region: West Shore Area Observation Date & Time: Saturday, December 31, 2022 - 06:00
Location: 38.966057, -120.112913 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity

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Avalanches that were thought to have occurred on early Saturday morning on Dec 31 during rain event on the East face of Jakes Peak. Debris and crown lines were mostly covered up by a couple feet of additional snow. All of these avalanches seemed to have wet snow characteristics and failed during the rain event before turning to snow on Saturday morning, Dec 31.

Walls carved out from wet snow avalanche mostly covered by additional storm snow.

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