Date of Observation: 10/24/2022
Name: Zach Kinler
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Purple Ridge
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches: None observed
Weather: Felt like winter, Partly to Mostly Cloudy, moderate northerly winds with stronger gusts on ridge-top, temps in the 20s
Snowpack: 12-15″ of snow from the recent storm above 11K. Small drifts up to 2 feet just below ridge-top. Some cross-drifting was observed on the easterly faces of the Ruby Range. On a North aspect at 12K, older snow from early October was a Pencil hard crust. Northerly winds were moving new snow off of these aspects fairly effectively. No signs of instability in any terrain traveled.
Photos:
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- Northerly winds were moving new snow off of North aspects
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- North aspect, 12K where some of the recent snow remained over a Pencil hard crust from early October. No signs of instability here.
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- What was left of the new snow on the right side of photo with the older October crust appearing on the left side.
