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Small windslabs on rubicon peak

Location Name: Rubicon peak Region: West Shore Area Observation Date & Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 - 08:15
Location: 38.989125, -120.133569 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: No Conditions Alerts: Other Signs of Instability (cracking, whumpfing, collapsing) Recent Loading›Blowing Snow

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This morning I found 1 to max 1.5 inches of new snow on Rubicon. In the top 200 vertical feet a SE wind was blowing snow around and making small shallow windslabs with cracks up to 2.5 feet long although most were much smaller than that.

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