Observations on Rose Knob Peak

Location Name: 
Rose Knob Peak
Region: 
Mount Rose Area
Date and time of observation: 
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:30
Location Map: 
United States
39° 17' 31.308" N, 119° 57' 29.8836" W
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Red Flags: 
Obvious avalanche path
Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Snow surface conditions during the morning hours consisted of surface melt freeze crust on all aspects from the trailhead at 7,400' up to summit at 9,700'. At 9:30am, breakable crust conditions existed on all aspects below 8,600'. Above 8,800' supportable crust conditions existed on all aspects. No evidence of snow surface melting existed on any aspect above 9,000' at 11:30am. Below 8,800', 1 to 2 inches of melted surface snow existed on SE-S-SW aspects at noon. At that time the snow surface remained supportable. Hand pits indicated that below the top 4 to 6 inches of the snowpack, cold moist 4F to 1F hard recent storm snow existed on all aspects and all elevations traveled. No evidence of instability was observed.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
Clear
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Precipitation: 
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
East
Accumulation rate: 
More detailed information about the weather: 

Summit air temp -7 C (20 deg F) at 11:30am.