Tahoe National Forest Sierra Avalanche Center

HS>370cm. Very light wind loading with little snow available for transport.

Pit dug on a similar aspect, elevation, and shaped slope about 30m away from a skier-triggered avalanche from the previous day. That avalanche was on a convex rollover that had been previously undercut by snowmobile tracks. Snowpack is deeper than 450 cm.

HS>360cm. Deep, uniform, and right side up snowpack at this location.

HS>380cm.

Probed to 400 cm. Snowpack is deeper than 400 cm.

Testpit dug in near treeline terrain.

Pit dug on open slope just below treeline. HS>4.2m.

Pit dug in near treeline terrain. HS>4m.

New snow appeared to be about 45cms deep in this location. Temperatures hovered around freezing but it was snowing during our time in the field.