New Snow on Carson Pass

Small amounts of new snow found in the Carson Pass area heading out towards Roundtop. While a few small north facing patches appeared to hold snow from last season we weren't able to reach them. We were also looking for evidence of any remaining snow from the earlier storms of October, but didn't find any. On north facing terrain up to 9500 we only found snow from the storms of this week. Mostly this snow was a couple of inches deep.

Photo 1: View of Roundtop area from approach hike.

Photo 2: Looking up towards Roundtop from below.

Photo 3: Rimed trees showing evidence of recent NE winds.

Photo 4: Examining the deepest drift of snow we encountered. This wind loaded pocket was perhaps 5 inches deep of light unconsolidated snow.