Snowpack observations from Folger Peak near Highland Lake

Location Name: 
Folger Peak
Region: 
Ebbetts Pass Area
Date and time of observation: 
Wed, 02/17/2010 - 13:00
Location Map: 
United States
38° 30' 12.5244" N, 119° 48' 27.6048" W
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Red Flags: 
Rapid warming
Obvious avalanche path
Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
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Melt-freeze crust on all aspects up to 8900'. On the northerly aspects this crust was thin and breakable above 8000'. Below 8000' the crust was thicker and more well defined. On the southerly aspects 4-5 inches of wet melt-freeze snow existed by 1pm. The photo shows some minor, small, skier-triggered, wet-snow sluffs involving this surface snow. Below the melt-freeze crust and the wet snow, cold, dry snow existed on all aspects.

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Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
Clear
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Calm
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
Accumulation rate: 
None
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