Observation: Turnagain

Location: Eddies to 3100'

Date:

March 8, 2017 2:00pm

Observer:

Aleph Johnston-Bloom Professional

Route & General Observations

Eddies to the ridge at 3100′

Red Flags

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Observer Comments

None observed

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Clear
Calm
Cold: single digits to low teens

Snow surface

Variable:
Surface hoar, soft settled near surface facets, wind skin-to supportable wind board/crust
Sun crust on steep southerly terrain

Snowpack

No snow pit data today. Looking at surface conditions, cornices, sluffing and glide cracks.
Sluffing is getting more pronounced in steep channeled terrain as the snow continues to facet
No new cornice fall observed
Glide cracks are opening around the advisory area.

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