Tahoe National Forest Sierra Avalanche Center

Pit dug in below treeline terrain.

Test pit to observe faceting in upper snowpack and past rain crusts. Informal obs and snowpack tests show very good present stability.

Adjacent to other recent pits targetting hard slabs on facets

Pit dug in below treeline terrain.

Surface conditions were highly variable. Changes in depth of wind slab within the pit seemed to account for variations in test results. Many nearby areas did not have windslab above NSFs.