Mammoth Rock Snow pit

SNOWPACK OBSERVATION Mammoth Rock Mammoth Lakes
Submission Info Volunteer Observer Saturday, February 16, 2019 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Jason Hofman

Red Flags:

Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain

37° 36' 54.3564" N, 118° 59' 37.1148" W

See map: Google Maps

Snowpit Observations

More detailed information about the snowpack:

HS 365, CT9, ECTNR. Compression test appeared to fracture on the storm slab, 25cm depth from surface. Did trigger a small wind slab feature intentionally on the descent.

Snowpack photos:

Any other comments about the observation or links to outside pages that have more info on the observation:

We were curious what the buried rain crust was looking like and how the new snow was setting up. We found a solid 1-1.5cm thick ice crust buried roughly 1 meter deep from surface. On wind scoured features the rain crust was exposed.

Weather Observations

Blowing Snow:

Yes

Cloud Cover:

100% of the sky covered by clouds

Air temperature:

Below Freezing

Wind Speed:

Strong

Precipitation:

Snow

Air temperature trend: