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Observation Date
11/12/2012
Observer Name
Neal Krasnick
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
West Face Jupiter peak
Weather
Sky
Clear
Weather Comments
clear and cold in the morning, 27 F to 25 f.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
2.5'
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Wind Crust
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem #1 Comments
I dug a pit at 9825 feet alt. to look for facets. I Found none. I found wet snow at ground level, and starting at 34 cm from the ground I found dirty graupel. there was a dirty ice layer with graupel above the ice layer.ended at 69 cm. snow temp at 34 cm was -3 degrees C. snow temp at 60 cm was - 5 degrees C.