Overcast becoming obscured.
Light to moderate winds from the S and E, depending on terrain.
No precip becoming light snowfall.
2600ft: 15F
3800ft: 10F
Observation: Chugach State Park
Location: Arctic Valley Rendezvous
Up Arctic Valley to the pass between Rendezvous and Gordon Lyon, up the Rendezvous north ridge to 3850ft.
Weather
Snow surface
Light density new snow. Some areas wind affected but mostly not.
Snowpack
2600ft: 5-10cm F- light density new snow on top of melt freeze, see hand pit 1 photo
3450ft: 5-10cm F- light density new snow, then 5-10cm 4F hard existing snow on top of a melt freeze layer with basal facets underneath, see hand pit 2 photo
3850ft: 15cm F- light density new snow, 10cm 4F existing snow, 10cm 1F, 10cm of melt freeze layer, with 25cm of sugary basal facets underneath, see hand pit 3 photo
From 3400ft to 3800ft, high degree of spatial variability as HS ranges from bare to 120cm with avg being 80-90cm
3800ft: Ski pen ~10cm, boot pen ~50cm
No formal stability tests.
hand pit at 2600ft
hand pit at 3450ft
hand pit at 3850ft