Snowpack

Relay/Incline Lake Peak

Travis FeistCentral Sierra Nevada
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Quick report

A cool and windy day around Third Creek, with more wind transport below treeline than above, due to a lack of snow available for transport above. Redistribution patterns below treeline were irregular and did not result in continuous slabs. Testing the small slabs did not indicate instability 

I tried an ECT on one of the more wind loaded pillows encountered, and did not get propagation

Weather

Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
light
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Cool NE wind shifted to NW around mid-day

Snowpack

Very subtle layer of softer snow down 18" under recent wind slabs, but formal and informal tests did not indicate instability