Wind loading in afternoon, westerly and southerly winds.
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Sunburst
Sunburst.
Parking lot still not plowed, barely enough space to jam one vehicle into.
Observer Comments
Weather
Sunny. Cold.
Calm wind in am, moderate southerly winds started at 1:00pm, winds increased around 3pm with notable snow transport on 4,940 peak area/ Silvertip/ Lynx area.
Snow surface
NSF with ~20cm ski pen.
Wind affected near ridgeline from previous southerly winds.
Snowpack
Hasty pit dug above alder line to see if buried Surface Hoar was present.
I found it 15cm down mixed in with 4F soft snow below and Fist hard above. Moderate failure with a shovel tilt test on BSH layer.
Current wind on peak 4,940 at 4:30pm.