Red Slate - North Couloir

Posted April 15th, 2010 by joshf

Location

United States
37° 30' 26.6796" N, 118° 52' 8.9472" W
Date and time of observation: 
April 15, 2010 - 8:13pm
Region: 
Convict Lake Area
Observation Type: 
Snowpack
Route: 

Convict lake -- following main drainages to Constance Lake, up north couloir and back down. 

Weather Observations
More detailed information about the weather: 

Sunny warm day with calm winds in the morning and moderate gusts above10500' beginning in the early afternoon.

Snowpack & Snowpit Observations
Information about the snowpack/snowpit: 

Small wet point releases and small rollerballs observed on solar aspects (east, west, south) originating from rockoutcrops.  North aspects were for most part holding wintery soft snow.  Thin wind slab observed at uppermost elevations (13000') on northeast facing slope.  Not thick/dense enough to support body weight, but did slide readily when broken into chunks on softer snow underneigh.  Not a stability concern today, but should there be more snowload on it, if this layer interface persists it could be a problem. 

Comments: 

 All said, overall stable conditions observed today on this tour.  Very good skiing!    

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