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Snowpit on Relay Peak
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Location Name: East ridge of Relay Peak Region: Mount Rose Area Date and time of observation: Sat, 01/31/2015 - 03:00 |
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Location Map: United States
39° 18' 50.0904" N, 119° 56' 14.6436" W
See map: Google Maps
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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:
Observed Surface hoar in isolated wind protected areas. Also noteworthy is the temperature gradient in the upper portion of the snowpack is very large creating lots of faceted snow and disintegrating crusts. In leeward areas above 9500 you could find 5 inches of unconsolidated snow on a crust.
