Snowpit from Anderson

Location Name: 
Anderson Peak
Region: 
Donner Summit Area
Date and time of observation: 
Mon, 01/29/2018 - 09:00
Location Map: 
United States
39° 15' 37.5624" N, 120° 17' 46.3776" W
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Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Snowpit in leeward (East facing) slope just below the hut. Top 30-50 CM of snowpack was winddrift layers which broke along several different layers. Often the slab would have different fracture layers. This went down to the rain/ice layer at about 50cm down. Below that the pack was extremely dense for another 50 cm, and then another hard/ice layer and below that large crystals.

The extended column test broke under the shovel on the 5th elbow tap, but did not propogate horizontally.

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
25% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Direction: 
West
Accumulation rate: 
None
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