Snowpit on Silver Peak

Location Name: 
Silver Peak
Region: 
Cabin Creek, Deep Creek, or Pole Creek Area
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:28
Location Map: 
United States
39° 13' 27.6276" N, 120° 14' 28.0068" W
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Red Flags: 
Obvious avalanche path
Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Pit graph: Surface rain crust from the January 13 precipitation event is faceting and breaking down on shaded N aspects.

Photo: Taken from a hand pit at 39.22224,-120.24334 (7,960' on the ESE aspect on the opposite side of the ridge and slightly west of the above pit location). At 1pm, 6cm of melted wet snow on surface, 24cm of knife hard ice below. Blue marker is at the base of the melt layer/top of the ice layer. The yellow marker is at the bottom of the ice layer.

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Snowpack photos: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
Clear
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Light
Precipitation: 
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
East
Accumulation rate: 
More detailed information about the weather: