Relay Peak

Location Name: 
East Ridge of Relay Peak
Region: 
Mount Rose Area
Date and time of observation: 
Sat, 02/07/2015 - 15:00
Location Map: 
United States
39° 18' 50.8068" N, 119° 56' 17.4228" W
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Red Flags: 
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain
Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Today in a 133 cm pit profile on a North facing slope of 33 degrees at 9600 ft, I had test results of CTN and ECTX. Boot penetration was 45 cm. There were 60 cm of new snow with the top 5 cm fist hard and the rest fist +. All the new snow was isothermal at -2.5c with a slight change at the old/new snow interface and then again isothermal to the bottom. At the new old snow interface the gradient looked something like this: 90/-2.5 80/-3 70/-2 60/-2.5. Weak fist hard facets still exist on this aspect below a small crust that makes up the new/old snow interface.  Also notable, there were many snowmobile tracks and ski tracks on steep slopes on N-NE-E-SE aspects throughout the entire snowmobile area with no signs of avalanche activity. I also did not observe any shooting cracks or collapsing. In addition, there were no signs of rain during this event at this elevation.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
Yes
Cloud Cover: 
100% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Precipitation: 
Snow
Air temperature trend: 
Cooling
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
Greater than 1 in. per hour