whumpfing in Broken glass bowl

Location Name: 
tamarack peak, north of hour glass
Region: 
Mount Rose Area
Date and time of observation: 
Thu, 03/07/2013 - 14:00


Red Flags: 
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks, or collapsing
Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
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many large and noisy whumphs among the trees in the lower flat part of the bowl and then on the slope going up to the ridge, slope was about 25 degrees up to 30. No visible change in the surface when collapses occurred, no cracks. Dug a small snow pit down around 15 to 18 inches sugary snow on top of hard layer. Since no surface expresion took a safer route up to the ridge, nothing slid did a few runs on slopes up to 35 degress, no problems. Certainly the whumphing caught your attention very odd no surface expression of movement.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
100% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Precipitation: 
Snow
Air temperature trend: 
Wind Direction: 
Accumulation rate: 
Less than 1 in. per hour
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