Observation: Girdwood

Location: Notch Mountain

Date:

December 28, 2022 2:00pm

Observer:

Alex Wilson

Route & General Observations

We ascended the cat track past the hut. Light rain at the parking lot gradually changed to snow around 1000′. Breakable crust to about 1000″ then the crust was less noticeable and disappeared above 1500″. No avalanches observed.

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Observer Comments

No signs of instability as we ascended. See pit results.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Overcast, light wind from the East.

Snow surface

Breakable crust down low below 1000"
15cm of new warm sticky snow at 2000'

Snowpack

See pit profile picture
100cm total snowpack, 35 degrees, 1900", North aspect.
CT12@65cm PC
CPT13@43cm RP (bottom of Thanksgiving rain crust.)

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Notch-28-Dec

Thin overall snowpack in Notch Peak area.

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