small isolated wind slabs
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Seattle Ridge
Cam and I parked at the Seattle Ridge lot near the DOT wx station. We skinned up to approx. 2500 ft and skied back down the same track. We dug two pits on the uptrack. When we left at ~10:20am it was raining, and when we returned to the car at ~3:00pm it was snowing at the car. On the drive back towards Girdwood the snow transitioned to rain fairly quickly on the way down the hill near Eddies.
On Seattle it was wet until about ~2200 ft, and then transitioned to a colder snowpack. The east wind was blowing snow sideways and visibility was poor due to the snow.
Observer Comments
Weather
Light snow. East wind 10-20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Overcast. Air temps were warm, starting well above freezing at the car and transitioning to slightly below freezing at the ridge.
Snow surface
Wet at the car transitioning to light to moderately packed new snow with isolated wind pockets at ridgeline.
Snowpack
Wet at the car, boot pen to ground.
Pit 2 at 2460 ft.
Pit 1 at 2070 ft.
Pit 2 at 2460 ft.
Cam on the ridge before we skied back to the car