Snowpit on Maggie's Peak

Location Name: 
Maggie's Peak
Region: 
Desolation Wilderness Area (including Emerald Bay)
Date and time of observation: 
Sun, 04/17/2011 - 12:30
Location Map: 
United States
38° 56' 27.7296" N, 120° 6' 37.7532" W
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Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Sun, warm temps, and a weaker refreeze last night allowed melting to continue deeper into the snowpack today. 3-6 inches of soft wet snow existed above a supportable layer of melt-freeze snow. Some skier triggered roller balls and wet snow sluffs did occur on the most sun exposed test slopes. Skiers in the parking lot also reported wet snow instabilities on the south facing chutes on Jake's Peak. Neither the wet snow instabilities on Maggie's nor those reported on Jake's entrained enough snow to bury a person; however, they did involve enough snow to push someone off course.

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
Cloud Cover: 
50% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Precipitation: 
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
More detailed information about the weather: 

Clouds started to increase from north to south around 2 pm.