Wind Affected Snow on North Aspect, near ridgeline

Location Name: 
near Monument Peak
Region: 
Luther Pass Area (including Job and Freel)
Date and time of observation: 
Fri, 01/27/2017 - 15:00
Location Map: 
United States
38° 55' 22.17" N, 119° 53' 52.5084" W
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Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

A photo from today, Jan 27, ~ 3:00 PM, near South Lake Tahoe, elev. ~ 9,400 feet. Wind affected snow near a ridgetop, on a north facing slope.  

From the ridgetop to 100 feet below, in some but not all spots found a ~ 4cm very skiable fun breakable wind crust. Found cold, powdery, fun snow on north facing slopes approximately 100 feet below the ridgetop, without much crust or wind affected snow. 

From ~12:30 PM - 5:30 PM, observed "only a little" blowing snow, and almost all of the time observed no blowing snow.
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Surface temp of snow was ~18F. 

From surface of snow to ~30 cm below snow: fist hard snow.
From 30-105 cm below surface: 4 finger hard snow
From 82-83 cm below surface: knife hard crust
From 83 - 110 cm below snow: 4 finger hard snow

Snowpack photos: