Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 12/31/2018
Name: Chris MArtin
Subject: Red coon summit/glades
Aspect: South East, South, South West
Elevation: 9,000-12,000′
Avalanches:
N/O
Weather: Intermittent snow. BKN sky. S-1 – S-2 throughout day.
Calm winds with high gusts.
Snowpack: 2-3 inches of new snow observed from Kebler pass TH increasing upon ascent. Once above Red Coon glade, observed increasing snow totals due to precip and wind. Anywhere from 20-35cms of snow drifted into isolated pockets of soft wind slab. One local shooting crack observed about 5-10m wide in wind slab characteristics. No collapsing observed today.
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