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Blowing snow on Silver Peak

Location Name: Silver Peak Region: Cabin Creek, Deep Creek, or Pole Creek Area Observation Date & Time: Friday, December 14, 2018 - 11:45
Location: 39.222457, -120.245640 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: No Conditions Alerts: Recent Loading Recent Loading›Blowing Snow

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Photo taken from afar. Unable to discern if blowing snow is forming slabs, mostly sublimating, or being deposited too far down slope to present a problem. Blowing snow like in this photo observed only during wind gusts.

NE side of Silver Peak as viewed from ridge between Pole Creek and Deep Creek.

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