Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 12/27/2019
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Subject: Anthracites
Aspect: North, North East, South
Elevation: 10000-11400
Avalanches: 1-3″ storm slabs breaking on N/NE terrain >35°. Did not appear to be breaking into previous day’s snowfall.
Weather: Snowing s1 with short periods of s2. Ridge top winds out of S/SW. Wind was moving enough snow to cover parts of skin track on the ridge in-between laps.
Snowpack: HST ~6cm today before 2pm. South facing slopes had thin 1cm zipper crust from yesterday under new snow. Thicker ~2cm crust was present ~15cm below yesterday’s crust. Cracking was observed in today’s storm snow, on North facing terrain and did move as small sloughs/storm slabs in steeper terrain. Storm snow instabilities seemed to be limited to today’s snowfall.