Weather
- Air Temp
- 30
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- 8,600+
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Temperatures held steady in the lower thirties with calm morning winds increasing to moderate by the afternoon. A misty fog layer obscured the sky, though did not amount to steady rain accumulation.
Snowpack
Snow surfaces were predominately sticky and saturated, except for isolated areas of crust. Above 10,000 feet, there are accounts of drier snow. In a snow pit at 8,600 feet on a previously wind loaded SW aspect, we measured a snow height of 140 cm. The top 80 cm of the snowpack is moist and right side up. Below this point, there is a combination of crust layers. We found no weak layers of concern and stability tests yielded no result, which is indicative of stability at this location. The breakable crust that has been recently observed in other locations on Mount Shasta was not present here.