Quick report
I hiked out to Winnemucca Lake today. Along the trail the larger patches of snow started around 9000 feet on mostly shady aspects. There was anywhere from zero to roughly 25 cm of snow within these patches. The deepest part I could find was 30 cm and that was in an isolated area in a very specific spot. In most areas the snow had a weak styrofoam like crust at the top. This crust was not well developed and not a strong vapor barrier. In general, the snow was right side up with small facet formation, just below the surface crust. No signs of instability were found at this layer. There was no signs of new snow from Wednesday's weather event.
No results in shovel tilt.Weather
- Air Temp
- 55
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
When I arrived around 10, there was clear skies and warm temperatures. As the morning progressed into the afternoon, light winds picked up out of the southwest with moderate gusts. High gray cloud cover also increased throughout morning.
Snowpack
In my mini pit, there was 20 cm of snow with a brittle weak surface crust about 1 cm thick at the top. Facets exist directly below this crust but did not produce any results in shovel tilt. The snow below that was moist and compressible down to the surface.