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Snowpack Observer Philipp Arndt Keep me anonymous if published no Location (general area) San Gorgonio, North/East Chutes from the True and False Summits Latitude Longitude Date (yyyymmdd) 2026-04-18/19 Time all weekend Road conditions to area Temperature Sky clear (no clouds) Wind speed not observed Wind direction not observed Wind direction in degrees Slope aspect not observed Aspect in degrees Slope angle Elevation Snow depth Boot/ Ski penetration Activity, recent avalanches No Brief description Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing no Rapid warming yes Obvious avalanche path yes Terrain trap yes Comment San Gorgonio April 18-19, 2026: Summary: No signs of instability and very pleasant skiing conditions on the North to East facing slopes from the San Gorgonio false and true summits. We hiked South Fork Trail to Dry Lake late Friday night and camped there for two nights. Snow coverage started a 15-ish minute hike from Dry Lake, just below the main chutes on the North Face of the false San Gorgonio summit. We ended up skiing most of the obvious lines with good snow coverage from between the true and false summits of San G (see CalTopo track). The snow was mostly great corn, with eastern aspects being skiable all day and northern aspects softening up by the early afternoon. Some northern aspects also still held relatively dry and soft wind-deposited snow from the last storm. None of the slopes we skied warmed up enough to show signs of instability. However, where the wind-deposited dry snow from the last storm system warms up more it may give rise to wet loose conditions. The ENE aspects of Jepsen appeared to experience those conditions, with clear and widespread pin-wheeling visible from afar. For more photos and videos, see this post in the Southern California Backcountry Skiers and Snowboarders Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1339924180183772/posts/2178253796350802 Publish this observation Yes I would like this observation Published |
Widespread pin-wheeling on the ENE aspects of Jepsen, visible from afar.
CalTopo track with snow coverage from satellite imagery 2026-04-18
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