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Observation type - Snowpack
Observer - Nile Sorenson
Keep me anonymous if published - no
Location (general area) - Baldy Bowl
Latitude
Longitude
Date (yyyymmdd) - 2012/12/21
Time - 6:00AM to 11:00AM
Road conditions to area - dry and open
Temperature - 35 to 45 degrees F depending on elevation
Sky - clear (no clouds)
Wind speed - Calm (smoke rises vertically)
Wind direction - not observed
Wind direction in degrees
Slope aspect - not observed
Slope angle
Elevation
Snow depth - 6 to 8 inches at the hut and in the bowl. 8 to 12 inches along the ridge.
Boot/ Ski penetration - crampons only in early AM
Precipitation - None
Activity, recent avalanches - No
Brief description
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing - no
Rapid warming - no
Obvious avalanche path - no
Terrain trap - no
Comment - 6 to 8 inches of consolidated snow in the bowl. Hard upper layer about one inch thick with sugar snow beneath.
Some past evidence of "roller balls" in the bowl but nothing recent.
8 to 12 inches of snow on the ridge. Hard upper layer about 1 inch thick and very wind scoured. sugar snow beneath. Boots did not punch through
Publish this observation - Yes I would like this observation Published

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