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Snowpack Observer Allen Giernet Keep me anonymous if published no Location (general area) Mt. San Gorgonio North face Date (yyyymmdd) 20130407 Time 11:00am Road conditions to area clear and dry Temperature Not taken roughly low 40's Sky Scattered clouds (3/8 to 4/8) Wind speed Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion) Wind direction W Wind direction in degrees wind was much stronger at summit Slope aspect North Slope angle 32º + Elevation 10,800' Snow depth 11cm to 50 cm variable Boot/ Ski penetration 4cm to none Precipitation None Activity, recent avalanches No Whumphing noises, shooting cracks, collapsing no Rapid warming no Obvious avalanche path yes Terrain trap yes Comment The surface snow is turning to corn but still mixed with icy patches. Due to the cloud cover was not significant warming to truly soften the snow. I did several quick pits on the way up no full data pits. Profile: -Surface - corn and crust -Upper layer about 15cm well consolidated -Below this loose rounding facets -Below this layer to ground loose rounds and many areas had no rounding facet layer Lots of melt out snow only holding on higher elevation northern aspects. Most snow areas remaining are melted out near the summits. There's still plenty of snow on the northern drainages, and with the warming we had after this visit a good chance of more corn. The run was fun mixed crust and corn. Mt Jepson is holding good snow on the northern slopes as well. A second hand report from a hiker on the trail out had encountered 2 splitboarders the had road Jepson bowl and reported icy conditions. The season is not done yet but the best bet is higher elevation Northern aspects in the San Bernardino's since the got more snow all season long. Publish this observation Yes I would like this observation Published |
San Gorgonio north face
Mt Jepson northern aspects
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