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Observation type- Snowpack
Location (general area)- East of Mt. Waterman/Buckhorn area Latitude Longitude Date (yyyymmdd)- 2013/01/22 Time- 0900-1200 Road conditions to area- clear Temperature- 40 to 50f Sky- few clouds (up to 2/8) Wind speed- Calm (smoke rises vertically) Wind direction- not observed Wind direction in degrees Slope aspect- North East Aspect in degrees Slope angle- 25-35 Elevation- 6700-7500 approx Snow depth- 0 to 18" Boot/ Ski penetration- 0" up to 8" Precipitation- None Activity, recent avalanches- No Brief description Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing- no Rapid warming- yes Obvious avalanche path- no Terrain trap- no Comment- These areas had trees with lots of spacing. I actually traveled on east aspects off Mt. Waterman and then more northerly aspects above Buckhorn. The eastern aspects ( had a mix of; consolidated snow with a corn surface, very soft loose snow, and 1" breakable crust with loose sugary snow below and frozen snow even lower. The northern slopes had; areas of boiler plate, the crust with soft below, and some good corn. |
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