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Observation type
Snowpack

Observer
Jason Hurst

Keep me anonymous if published
no

Location (general area)
Angeles Crest - Highway 2

Latitude

Longitude

Date (yyyymmdd)
20190218

Time
9:00am

Road conditions to area
Good - Caltrans is working hard up there even with the road closure from La Canada.

Temperature
25 degrees

Sky
Overcast (sky covered)

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

Wind direction
SW

Wind direction in degrees

Slope aspect
North

Aspect in degrees

Slope angle

Elevation
7500

Snow depth
150cm

Boot/ Ski penetration
0-10cm

Precipitation
medium

Activity, recent avalanches
No

Brief description

Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing
no

Rapid warming
no

Obvious avalanche path
no

Terrain trap
no

Comment
Had to take Big Tujunga to highway 2 due to a landslide and road closure near red box.

Cold, clear morning, with a few cm of "dust on crust." Could tell what happened from the previous storms...

2/14 storm was all rain and turned the snowpack into rock hard ice.
2/15 storm left a few cm, or more in N/NE terrain features.  

By 11:00pm snow was coming down again, 1-2cm per hour, light winds, and 25 degree temps. Skin track was nearly covered by 2:00pm for our 4th lap

Should be great skiing all this week at Waterman, Buckhorn, and Kratka Ridge. The road crews are working very hard to plow and gravel the roads.

File description
Skiing the lost resort

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