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Observation: Fairview Canyon

Observation Date
2/22/2013
Observer Name
Greg Kelly
Region
Skyline
Location Name or Route
Cottonwood Creek & Left Fork
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Strong
Weather Comments
Touring since Tuesday in snow and storm conditions. Large 30'+ cornices observed on ESE faces on Thursday am, biggest above alpine experiment station, Large cornices observed along north facing ridges above Phil flat friday. Pit on WSW face of ridge above campground at 9800 feet had 4ft of pretty well bonded layers, nothing to loose or too thick and firm.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
2'
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Very fluffy powder for the whole storm. Somewhat denser Friday at lower (9500 ft) elev.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Cornice
Problem #1 Comments
Seem to be on most ridges N to SSE.