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Snowpack Observer Jake Carp Keep me anonymous if published no Location (general area) Sugar Lump Ridge - Big Bear Latitude Longitude Date (yyyymmdd) 20191206 Time 1100 Road conditions to area Clear Temperature 5C Sky Broken clouds (4/8 but not all) Wind speed Calm (smoke rises vertically) Wind direction not observed Wind direction in degrees Slope aspect not observed Aspect in degrees Slope angle Elevation Snow depth Boot/ Ski penetration Brief description Comment Dug a pit on a NW facing test slope on the ridge below Sugarlump. With a few questions in mind. Got some answers. +What did the rain do to the snowpack? -Well it got pretty wet. Our basal facets from November soaked up all that water like a sponge, making for a nice weak layer right on the ground. +Is our new snow able to create a cohesive slab? -Looks like it! We've got a pretty solid slab from last week's snow that has a lot of cohesion (sticks to itself well) but not a lot of adhesion (sticks to the layer underneath). It's wet now too so we have to think about the potential for wet slabs. +Any other layers of concern? -Noticed some snow near the surface that are facets GOING TO rounds. Not in a critical temp gradient but something of note. We also have a temperature crust on the surface. With warming I could anticipate this making for some slushy-slidey action. (aka wet loose) Publish this observation Yes I would like this observation Published |