| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Summit
Location: Japanese Trees
The APU Snow Science II class traveled to Japanese Trees in search of a reactive layer. The students toured up to 1600 where multiple snow profiles and tests were completed. The students then toured up to ~2500 and skied down before entering the alpine. The ski conditions were nice and continued to improve as we got further down.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Several glide cracks noted on the drive the new releases include a large glide on west face of Sunburst and the east face of Fresno
Weather
Temperatures in the teens and twenties, and calm to light wind. There was no precipitation for the majority of the day with a brief moment of trace amounts of snow. The wind began to entrain snow at around ~2200’.
Snow surface
Great skiing and riding conditions. Boot penetration of 18cm with a layer of surface hoar ontop of the light snow. Even isolated pockets of 10mm surface hoar in the trees. Around ~2200 the snow started to get some wind effect.
Snowpack
Japanese Trees: @1580’/ E aspect/ 18° slope angle-HS 115/ @10:40
Layer of concern BSH 40cm down with an average size of 2mm
CT22 SC 40cm down 40cm down
ECTN24 40CM down
Japanese Trees: @1600’/ E aspect/ 15° slope angle-HS 116/ @10:40
Layer of concern 4F Facets 69cm down ontop of the thanksgiving crust
PST 41/100 END 69cm down
ECTP 27 69cm down
Out of 6 pits in total in the near vicinity of the previous location there were 3X ECTX results
Japanese Trees: @2300’/ E aspect/ HS 110/ @13:00
BSH 10cm down easy hand sheer
Snow pit: Notice the very visible BSH layer and thanksgiving crust
Surface Hoar in the trees up to 10mm