Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Denis DuBoisObservation Date:
November 13, 2022Submitted:
November 15, 2022Zone or Region:
West SouthActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
MORA, Mazama RidgeObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
start 6300, toe 5800-ishAspect:
SComments:
Shallow point releases from exposed rocks east of Golden Gate. Also roller balls in vicinity.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
This is from Sunday, I don't see these notes in other obs. Surface hoar frost, universal as of 10:30 am. Afternoon sun eradicated it on sunny aspects. If it doesn't warm up a lot, an interesting mix will be buried in the next round. Light, fluffy snow by morning skied GREAT but turned heavier and moist by 3pm where the sun could reach it. By 3pm the NE wind had picked up and was transporting snow up on the volcano, but not affecting the lower-elevation alpine. (Wind has had its way with the snow and scoured the breakable crusts in patchy locations, as we observed on Alta on Friday afternoon. We expected that on Mazama's west aspects Sunday, but the sun might have made the difference.)
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