no obvious signs
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
Sunburst up to 3,400′.
Observer Comments
Weather
Cold, single digits F
Light East winds
No precip
mostly sunny with mid level clouds to the North and East
Snow surface
Areas that have not been wind affected have been faceting over the past 5 days. No new surface hoar.
High degree of variability in the Treeline and Alpine elevations-North aspects and low angle gullies are holding the softest snow (facets)
All other terrain has some degree of wind affect, including slopes scoured down to old melt freeze crusts, 2-10” wind slab and sastrugi of varying hardness.
Generally stable snow with no reactivity observed on our tour today.
Variable surfaces in the Treeline and Alpine elevations.
High winds have been blowing out of the West along Turnagain Arm over the last few days
Snow depths at road level (1,000') require creative route finding.