Date of Observation: 12/28/2021
Name: billy barr
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Gothic
Observed avalanche activity: No
Weather: More of the same, though for a little while Sunday afternoon there was a ‘normal’ light snow and at under 7% water content. But late afternoon the wind kicked back up and was strong and steady all night with generally light snow, stopping around 5 a.m. The 24 hour totals are 7″ new (4½” overnight) and water 0.61″ (0.42″ overnight) and the snowpack is at 43″. About 90-95% of the time if the Gothic area gets wind, we get a decreased amount of snowfall, and this is the case now. Currently it is not snowing but obscured cloud cover and steady wind, 7-10 W gusting to 35. High was just 21F but low was a mild 13 and current 14F. Walked through drifts chest high getting to my solar panels this morning and there is a lot of wind loading once again. It is like building a brick wall but each layer leans out a little bit further each course so eventually it will fall over. billy