1-3 inches of corn on Incline Lake Peak

Location Name: 
Incline Lake Peak
Region: 
Mount Rose Area
Date and time of observation: 
Wed, 04/03/2013 - 11:30
Location Map: 
United States
39° 17' 56.6088" N, 119° 55' 59.9196" W
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Red Flags: 
Rapid warming
Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

1-3 inches of wet snow existed above a 6-8 inch thick frozen and supportable melt freeze crust on the sun exposed E-SE-S-SW aspects up to 9400 ft. This frozen layer likely formed during the overnight refreeze of the last two nights. Below this frozen melt-freeze layer more wet snow existed. Ski cuts on steep E-SE facing test slopes did cause small roller ball activity in the afternoon. Melting in the morning hours was limited by high cloud cover that prevented full sunshine from reaching the slopes.

On the northerly aspects 2-4 inches of wet sticky snow existed above a crust. Below this the upper 2 ft of the snowpack consisted of a mix of cold dry snow and crusts.

Photo: Small skier triggered roller balls on a SE facing aspect at 9000 ft.

Video: An overview of the snowpack on a SE facing aspect at 8700 ft. Coordinates attached to this observation indicate the location of this video.

Snowpack photos: 
Snowpit videos (tests, etc): 

2013-04-03 Incline Lake Peak 001

Weather Observations
More detailed information about the weather: 

Thin high clouds persisted until mid day. Skies clear significantly after 11 am.