Detailed Observation
Date | 2022-03-20 |
Location | Valdez |
Observer | Josh McDonald |
Avalanche | N |
General Observations
Catchers mitt to 4000 ft.
Temp: -7c
Winds: E,NE 10 to 15mph
Several old slides on typical lower solar aspects. Current conditions kept snow cold and dry even in the sun.
Various surface slabs to 20+cm becoming consolidated with old snowpack. No reactivity in “quick pits” using shovel shear testing.
Snowpack felt firm and consolidated when probing, walking on surface or digging quick pits.