Observation: Turnagain

Location: Seattle Ridge

Date:

January 7, 2018 2:00pm

Observer:

W Wagner Professional

Route & General Observations

Rode up Seattle Ridge common route to both the South side of the ridge (Triangle Bowl/-3 Bowl) then North to weather station. Thank you to whomever cleared off the rime from the anemometer, the cameras and solar panel!! Much appreciated!

Snowpack at 3,000′

Snowpack at 2,000′

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Observer Comments

None

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Overcast to broken skies. Calm winds. Temperatures in the upper 20'sF at 3,000' as well as 1,000'. Inversion with valley fog. No precip.

Snow surface

2-8" of loose powder snow. Winds from Friday have affected snow surface in exposed locations.

Snowpack

2,000': Poached a pit from Nate and Nick (thanks!) in Main Bowl/1st Bowl. A 1-2" melt freeze (crumbly) crust exists 4-6" below the surface. Under this the buried surface hoar sits around 20" deep and was stubborn, reported to fail on shoulder taps - ECTP 20's. There was thin spot in the pit that had an ECTP 12 in facets between crusts - something to keep track of.

3,000': 18" slab sitting on buried surface hoar (1cm). ECTP 19 and 22 sudden collapse. Again, felt like it wanted to be stubborn but it did have a little pop to it. See video and photos.

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