Schneedecke

Arctic Valley, Chugach Range

Joe KurtakChugach State Park
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Quick report

Did not observe any signs of recent avalanche activity. Observed no signs of recent instability in the snowpack.

Weather

Air Temp
30deg@1500.
Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
previous
Recent Snowfall
Very light dusting of snow later in afternoon
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Day started out with partly cloudy skies which turned overcast later in pm. A dustin of very fine snow fell later in the afternoon.

Snowpack

Signs of recent wind effect on snowpack. Firm supportable wind compacted base with local areas of wind deposited loose snow (pics). Did pit in depositional area on SW aspect of bowl just north Arctic Valley ski area boundary (profile attached). Got ECTP25 with slab popping out with energy on collapsing ground depth hoar layer (pic)