Date of Observation: 12/05/2021
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Driving tours the last two days, Gothic Road, Wash Gulch, near town, and Cement Creek to Reno Ridge
Observed avalanche activity: No
Weather: Sunny.
Snowpack: See sketch and photos. The southern half of the compass has mostly melted off to dirt or patchy coverage. Fairly continuous snow coverage on NW to N to NE aspects and high E aspects, apart from some brush or talus protrusion in certain areas. I didn’t travel much on snow, so surface characteristics are estimated based on previous observations. A few roadside handpits on shady aspects near and above treeline show very weak, striated facets and depth hoar throughout (2mm to 4mm). Most below treeline locations that I looked at had large surface hoar (>1cm) on flat or shady aspects. About as weak and ugly as it gets.
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- Generalized sketch of coverage in the SE mountains
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- Large, striated depth hoar grains, North BTL
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- Surface hoar BTL
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- Red Lady Bowl (NE to S)
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- Coney’s (E and NE)
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- Coon Basin (SE to NE), Happy Chutes (NE), Climax Chutes (E and NE)
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- Terrain above Twin Lakes. (SE to NE aspects)
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- Snodgrass (NE aspect)
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- Schuylkill Ridge and Meridian Lake. E and NE aspects
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- Whetstone (NW to NE aspects) and Gibson Ridge (NE)
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- Axtell (N and NE aspects)
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- Bellview. S, SE, E aspects
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- East face of Gothic (NE to E to SE)
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- Hunter Hill ( SE to E aspects)
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- Cement Mtn (N and NW aspects)
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- Double Top (W to NW aspects
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- Double Top (E and NE aspects)
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- Red Ridge (SW to NW aspects)
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- Red Ridge. Southwest aspects dry. Some patchy snow in west facing gullies.
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- Copper Creek (SW to N aspects)
