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Observation type
Snowpack
Observer
Greg Patrick
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Location (general area)
Mt. Piños 
Date (yyyymmdd)
20170202
Time
12pm 
Road conditions to area
open/clear
Temperature
35f
Sky
Overcast (sky covered)
Wind speed
Light (1-16mph Flags/twigs in motion)
Wind direction
S
Slope aspect
East 
Precipitation
Light 
Activity, recent avalanches
No 
Brief description
consolidated powder
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks. collapsing
no
Rapid warming
no
Obvious avalanche path
no
Terrain trap
no

Comment
Had another great day skiing Mt. Piños today. Very skiiable conditions. 3- 5' of powder is consolidating but remained soft under cloudy skys. Will be rock hard in places under clear cold conditions.
 
Powder holding in north aspects near 8000' (no info below). Last weeks tracks were slightly elevated today. Thin to bare in some exposed steeper south-west aspects.
 
Firm conditions on summits and ridge tops and in lee areas near ridges on N aspects may not bond well in new storms so look there for possible future problems.
 
Snow under trees was not icy.
 
Best conditions in years!

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