Snowpack

North Side Big Cr. Summit

George HalcomSalmon River Mountains
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Quick report

Warm enough to make sliding sticky in the sun by 1pm and still holding crusts in lower shaded terrain. No signs of solar activity by 2pm on my exit.

No signs of instability

Weather

Air Temp
39
Cloud Cover
clear
Wind Loading
none
Snow Avail For Transport
none

Very calm ...cold temps at lower elevations preserving surface hoar at the parking lot at 6640', very warm at 7400 feet I had 39°F at 1pm.

Snowpack

The snow pack is right side up and strong...there's a few graupel layers in the upper 2 feet that are failing in extended Column tests but not propagating  across the block...lower down about 85 cm below the surface is the 1/3 rain crust which is also not propagating and showing moderate to hard results, ECTN has well as Deep Tap 14.