Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/02/2020
Subject: Anthracite Mesa-Coneys
Aspect: North East
Elevation: BTL
Avalanches:
Between Baldy and Schoefield Pass, observed a few U-U-R1-D1 slides on SW/S slopes. See picture.
Weather: moderate winds ATL in the morning with blowing snow on Gothic and Baldy from the East. Winds dropped to calm to light. Few clouds. Air temperature at 11:30 AM on ridge was 20 degrees F.
Snowpack: See attached snow pilot plot. This is the first pit this year and perhaps since 2018 so I could be off by one factor of hardness for 1F and P between 0 cm and 64 cm.
Compression test: CT 29 Q3 on 1F snow at 15 cm.
boot pen: 36 cm
Photos:
