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Sunburst Snowpit
Location:Sunburst
Date: Feb 23rd, 2010
Photographer:Lisa Portune
Description: Supportable rain crust up to 2400 feet...transitions right into
supportable windslab/dense storm snow above that elevation.
Found one layer of buried surface hoar 2.5 feet down and the
Jan. 7 rain crust 3 feet down. Both failed at the same time
only after stomping downward on the column (after 30 hits).


Lat: 60.7654 Long: -149.1938
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