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Observation: Delano

Observation Date
3/24/2022
Observer Name
Brackelsberg
Region
Southwest » Tushers » Delano
Location Name or Route
Delano Peak
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
It was spring in the mountains with a cold morning that heated up quickly.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Snow surface on all aspects, even above 11,000 were damp by 2pm.
We found a mixture of wind crust, ice crust, sastrugi, and corn.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Rapid Warming
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Trend
Same
Problem #1 Comments
By 2pm the snow surface was no longer supportaable and it seemed as thought it would be easy to get wet snow moving on a steep enough slope.
Comments
There was surprisingly little snow up on the exposed ridges (photo 1). The strong winds have definitely had their way with the snow blowing upper terrain clear and creating sastrugi in other places.
We were very curious if the PWL that is plaguing most of the rest of the state could be found. We were unable to find it on NW though N through E aspects. On all of these aspects we had a hard wind crust (pencil hardness) on top of a 4F layer of rounded grain snow (photo 2)
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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