None observed.
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Taylor Pass & Sunburst
Toured up to Sunburst weather station via Taylor Pass.
Observer Comments
Weather
Mostly broken skies with periods of sunshine.
Nice cool temperatures, 16F to 25F.
Calm winds.
No precipitation.
Snow surface
Supportable crust in lower elevations.
Snow surface consists of 5-15cm of soft recycled powder from the last storm; good ski quality.
Mixed near surface facets and small surface hoar at all elevations except on the ridge tops and cross loaded features.
Varied wind impact on blown areas on Taylor Pass and Sunburst ridge - everything from wind crust, wind slab and sastrugi to bare ice crust and rock.
Snowpack
Plenty of volunteer testers seemed to have good laps all along the south aspect of Sunburst. Only some loose dry activity initiated with turns, but nothing was running far or fast.
Overall the snowpack seemed stable on our tour, but we did not dig a snow pit nor took our probes out once.
Varied surface conditions above Taylor Pass. Skin track to the pass had a stout wind slab on it that made slippery skinning especially with slick blown over surface hoar on the top. PC:Jaime Andersen.