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Snowpack Observation

Location Name: Bear Meadows Region: Little Truckee Summit Areas Observation Date & Time: Monday, January 25, 2021 - 13:30
Location: 39.418660, -120.432300 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: No Conditions Alerts: Other Signs of Instability (cracking, whumpfing, collapsing) Other Signs of Instability (cracking, whumpfing, collapsing)›Shooting Cracks Persistent Problem Recent Loading

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

4 inches in the LTS parking lot. With 12 inches of light new snow found around 7800 feet. Notable crust below the new precip.

No Avalanche activity seen, but did not progress into avalanche terrain today.

Group members saw a shooting crack during the day.

On multiple Compression Tests, sudden planar results observed below the most recent crust from the surface, and also a propagating ECT.

Not all areas were able to see surface hoar below the the new precip - shovel tilts revealed it in some places but there was no slab above it yet.

Mixed results with Deep Tap tests on the Dec. 11 layer.

Snowpack Details

Total Snow Depth:

120cm

Persistent Weak Layers:

Buried

Terrain Details

Terrain: aspects:

Weather Details

Elevation of Observation:

7000 - 8000 ft.

Blowing Snow:

None

Wind Speed:

Calm

Sky Cover:

Broken - Mostly Cloudy - more than 4/8 and less than 8/8

Highest Precipitation Rate:

Light Snowfall (S1 (S-1 = 1 cm /~.5 in per hour)

Precipitation:

Snow

Air temperature:

Below Freezing

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