Tahoe National Forest Sierra Avalanche Center

Test pit dug in below treeline terrain to look at Jan 4 PWL.

Obs made by Logan Talbott

Monitoring the Jan 4 rain crust and faceted snow. Loading event expected Thursday. Snowpit dug in open below treeline terrain.

Test pit dug in below treeline terrain to monitor Jan 4 rain crust and faceted snow.

Snowpit dug in open below treeline terrain to look at near surface crusts and facets.

Pit dug in wind protected area below treeline specifically for a loaded PST. 10cm loaded PST artificial slab allowed to sinter for 70 min and became 4F+ hard.

Below 7000 feet air was heavy with smoke from USFS operations. Interesting for January.

Pit dug in below treeline terrain to look at near surface instabilities.