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Observation type
Snowpack


Observer
Tony Bird


Keep me anonymous if published
no

Location (general area)
Mt. Pinos summit area

Latitude

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Longitude



Date (yyyymmdd)
2022/2/6


Time
afternoon


Road conditions to area
Bare


Temperature
45-50 F


Sky
clear (no clouds)


Wind speed
Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion)

Wind direction
not observed

Wind direction in degrees

Slope aspect
not observed

Aspect in degrees

Slope angle
20-40

Elevation
8800

Snow depth
1-2 feet

Boot/ Ski penetration

Precipitation.None
None 

Brief description

Comment
Mt. Pinos was a gruelling lesson in snow development for this unusual winter. Despite 50-degree temps and sunshine, it was mostly rough, frozen crust, including a variation of suncups sliced into long, disagreeable shards by the slanting sun. That's what greeted us on the southwest apron of the mountain which had afforded pleasurable corn skiing two weeks ago. I figure the snowpack hasn't compacted enough to keep surface corn.

We found interesting, if challenging, skiing on the northwest apron, and, surprisingly, in the steep forest dropping off to the north by the microwave tower. Tight turns in steep, narrow channels between trees are typical of Pinos, and the snow, though crusty, was even and turnable.

"Backcountry skiers have more words for 'snow' than the Inuit, but they're all swear words."

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