Poison Canyon

Location Name: 
Poison Canyon
Region: 
Bear Valley Area
Date and time of observation: 
Mon, 01/16/2017 - 13:20
Location Map: 
United States
38° 29' 13.7148" N, 120° 0' 42.0372" W
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US


Red Flags: 
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain
Observation made by: Public
Any other comments about the observation or links to outside pages that have more info on the observation: 

The rain crust from the weekend of Jan 8 has bonded well to the layers above and below. We could not get them to fail with compression tests or shovel shear tests. The failures we saw came in the top 40 cm of snow on decomposing and fragmenting grains. 

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
Yes
Cloud Cover: 
Clear
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature trend: 
Static
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
None
More detailed information about the weather: 

The morning East winds had shifted to the Southwest