Shallow weak snowpack on Red Lake Peak

Location Name: 
Red Lake Peak
Region: 
Carson Pass Area
Date and time of observation: 
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 12:00
Location Map: 
United States
38° 43' 3.1008" N, 119° 58' 40.7964" W
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Red Flags: 
Obvious avalanche path
Terrain Trap
Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Faceting over the last few weeks has weakened the snowpack in this area significantly. Wind scouring has also removed a fair amount of snow from the exposed N-NE aspects on Red Lake Peak. Several anchors now protrude through the snowpack here disrupting the snowpack. The areas where shooting cracks and human triggered whumpfing had occurred Nov 16th have now weakened to the point that the entire snowpack simply falls apart under load.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
Clear
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Light
Precipitation: 
Air temperature trend: 
Static
Wind Direction: 
Northeast
Accumulation rate: 
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