Snowpack

Elephant's Hump

Travis FeistCentral Sierra Nevada
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

The day began windy but mostly sunny. We found a few isolated wind loaded test slopes that indicated a shallow instability. Snowpack tests in wind sheltered terrain were unremarkable. By 2pm, cloud cover and wind had increased significantly, with some light snowfall - all three combined reduced visibility and we left earlier than planned.

Wind loaded test slopes indicated an isolated and shallow instability

Weather

Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
light
Recent Snowfall
trace

Very windy day, with increasing cloud cover in the afternoon

Snowpack

Cold and unconsolidated snow on shaded aspects, with a crust on sunny aspects