Snowpack

Meiss

Travis FeistCentral Sierra Nevada
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Quick report

Decent coverage and good skiing conditions on cold slopes at Meiss today. I went to the repeater path at the entrance to Meiss along the approach from Carson Pass, and saw old debris consistent with an avalanche that failed several days to a week ago, on facets at the ground. ECTs performed adjacent to this took hard hits to initiate, but they still propagated along the facets at the ground. Facets were clearly rounding, and were 4f-1f hard. No other signs of instability were observed today.

ECTs still propagating on facets at the ground

Weather

Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
none
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Mild temps with thin, high clouds

Snowpack

A strong mid-pack with variable surface conditions - moist on warm slopes and faceted on cold slopes. Yesterday's surface hoar was no longer standing up.