Snowpit on Mt. Lola

Submitted by steve on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 8:52am
Location Name: 
Mt. Lola
Region: 
Independance Lake Area

Location

Mt. Lola snowpit
United States
39° 26' 0.0312" N, 120° 21' 50.634" W
See map: Google Maps
Position: 
Professional Observer
Date and time of observation: 
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 1:30pm
Red Flags: 
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks, or collapsing
Snowpit Observations
Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Above 8600' on N-NE aspects enough snow cover exists to cover the terrain roughness and provide a good bed surface for avalanche activity on some slopes. See the pit image for more details