Observation: Portage / Placer

Location: Portage Road obs

Date:

December 20, 2018 4:00pm

Observer:

H. Thamm

Route & General Observations

Visibility was poor. Lots of new snow. Road was narrow, but just wide enough for two way traffic. We couldn’t confirm any avalanche activity due to poor visibility.

Red Flags

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Observer Comments

3' of snow from the last 24 hrs

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Obscure skies
mid 20F's
light winds
light flurries

Snow surface

loose snow

Snowpack

Deep

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Five Sisters slide path in Portage Valley likely avalanched sometime between last night and this morning.

View of the road and new snow

Portage Creek

Moose hanging out in Portage creek due to deep snow

Location

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