Snowpit & Compression Test from Andesite Peak

Location Name: 
Andesite Peak NW Shoulder
Region: 
Donner Summit Area
Date and time of observation: 
Sun, 12/11/2016 - 14:00
Location Map: 
United States
39° 21' 24.6672" N, 120° 21' 58.59" W
See map: Google Maps
US


Red Flags: 
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain
Observation made by: Guide at Tahoe Mountain School
Snowpit Observations
Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Snowpit videos (tests, etc): 

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Any other comments about the observation or links to outside pages that have more info on the observation: 

Ice crusts at ~120cm were extremely difficult to saw through. HS was also much deeper here than throughout most of the area, where at similar elevations it measured mostly 35-65cm. Hard to ID exactly whether the various crusts were from rain, warm temps or both.