Snowpit on Hidden Peak

Submitted by andy on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 4:30pm
Location Name: 
Hidden Peak
Region: 
West Shore Area

Location

United States
38° 58' 32.61" N, 120° 7' 28.0884" W
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Position: 
Forecaster
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:30am
Red Flags: 
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain
Snowpit Observations
Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Some cracking around wind loaded rollovers. The cracks remained very small and only occured under the ski and only down slope about 2-3 ft. 3-4 inches of low density snow existed on the surface above 7400'. In non-wind affected areas the snow below this new snow remained soft and unconsolidated above 7400' on northerly aspects. On the more southerly aspects the sun had started to create wet snow on the surface up to 8500'. This will become a crust as it refreezes tonight. Below 7400' dust on crust conditions existed on all aspects. Above 9000' some thin firm wind slabs and crusts existed below the new snow. These likely formed due to wind transport yeasterday.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Wind Speed: 
Light
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Cloud Cover: 
0.25
Precipitation: 
None
More detailed information about the weather: 

Clouds starting to build over the crest.