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Rutschblock results Castle Peak area
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Location Name: Castle Valley Region: Donner Summit Area Date and time of observation: Sat, 01/23/2016 - 15:00 |
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Location Map: United States
39° 21' 3.708" N, 120° 20' 44.52" W
See map: Google Maps
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Red Flags: Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain |
Observation made by: Public
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Two rutschblocks were performed. First one just 50 m from site of snow pit and photo was on 32 degree slope, 220 degree aspect and gave RB3 at rain crust layer (RB3 WB Q1) and RB4 when ice layer itself failed (RB4 WB Q1) on underlying fist soft snow. Second one included pit results shown and was slightly stiffer. Hand shear tests on slopes with same aspect (200-220 degrees) were easy. We stayed off slopes with these aspects and more than 30 degees slope.
