Weather
- Air Temp
- 38
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Sunny skies with mild temperatures on the West Shore today. Winds were calm near the peak in the early afternoon.
Snowpack
We made observations on Rubicon Peak today. Snow coverage has decreased at lower elevations since our last visit here 2 weeks ago. As we ascended above 7500' on northerly aspects 1-2' of snow existed, with around 1' of snow on easterly aspects. The shallow snowpack is faceting on N-E aspects with the clear weather we have been experiencing. Snow from early in the season at the base of the snowpack that had been heavily rained on in mid-November has refrozen and is a firm consolidated basal layer and only exists on northerly aspects above around 8500'. The faceting process is expected to continue with clear skies, long nights, and low sun angles.