Observation: Turnagain

Location: Tincan

Date:

December 30, 2020 2:00pm

Observer:

Allen Dahl

Route & General Observations

Common uptrack to 3200′. Skied SW and WNW aspects.
A decent amount of people out enjoying the new snow.

Red Flags

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Observer Comments

none observed

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Valley fog up to 1200', dissipating by 11am.
Skies were generally broken or scattered. Periods of sunshine.
Drizzling and above freezing, below 1000' on morning drive in.
light winds from SE.

Snow surface

Slightly moist snow surface at TH, but quickly became dry after gaining about 200' of elevation.
Ski pen: 15-20cm.
lightly wind pressed in exposed terrain, but still soft.
Surrounding Windward terrain looked quite scoured.

Snowpack

No formal stability tests performed.

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Small debris pile buried by recent snow (sorry for bad drawing)

Location

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