Punta Bardini

Posted March 18th, 2010 by joshf

Location

United States
37° 36' 33.6096" N, 118° 57' 38.9484" W
Date and time of observation: 
March 18, 2010 - 1:00pm
Region: 
Mammoth Area
Observation Type: 
Snowpack
Route: 

Sherwin creek rd, up between telebowls and chutes to summit, back down via middle chute

Red Flags: 
Obvious avalanche path
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Wind Speed: 
Light
Wind Direction: 
Northeast
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Cooling
Cloud Cover: 
0.75
Precipitation: 
None
Accumulation rate: 
None
More detailed information about the weather: 

Warm day, clouds moved in and a few flurries fell.  Light winds with light-moderate gusts from the North East.

Snowpack & Snowpit Observations
Information about the snowpack/snowpit: 

2 snowpits dug.  1st skiers left of left telebowl in open area.  2nd just over ridge on east aspect about 400' vertical feet below summit.  See attached profiles.  Snowpack on eastern aspects at punta bardini elevations is isothermal.  No evidence of instabilities today at all.  Not even small shallow point releases.  Even though temps were fairly warm, clouds cut down on the solar radiation, and light breeze helped keep snow surface slightly cooler as well. 

Pit Profiles & Snowpack Photos: 
Comments: 

Stable snow throughout.  Clouds and light breeze kept wories of wet snow instabilities down.  Northerly aspects above 8600' still holding great wintery dry snow (atleast in more open areas).  Below 8500 slightly thicker. 

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