Red Lake Peak

Location Name: 
Red Lake Peak
Region: 
Carson Pass Area
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 01/16/2018 - 14:00
Location Map: 
United States
38° 43' 3.216" N, 119° 58' 53.58" W
See map: Google Maps
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Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

Toured up Red Lake Peak today and found wet snow up to about 9000' on north-facing aspects. I dug a north-facing pit at 8500' (not the one in the included profile), adjacent to a pit I dug on Jan. 11, to compare test results. My results today were more reactive: CT14 RP, CT20 RP, ECTP18 SP, ECTP22 SP, and PST(50/100) END, all down 45cm on the facet layer. Boot Penetration was 13cm, compared to 57cm in the same location 5 days ago. Coordinates for this location are 38.72393N, 119.97311W.

A pit at 9100' on a NNW aspect in the bowl above Crater Lake (38.7185N, 119.97778W; also not the one in the profile) gave CT19 RP down 52cm on a facet layer, and ECTX. 

The included profile is from a pit at about 9500' on a N aspect in near treeline terrain, at the location indicated on the map.

Ski cuts on windloaded convexities did not produce any shooting cracks or other signs of instability.

 

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
75% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Light
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature trend: 
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
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