ridgeline cornice building

Location Name: 
Southern Whitefish Range
Observation date: 
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 10:45
Is this an Avalanche Observation: 
No
Observation made by: Public

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Snowpack Details
Snowpack and Weather Details: 
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Elevation of observation: 
5000-6500 ft
Aspect(s) of observation: 
NE
Red Flags: 
Blowing snow
New Snow in the past 24 hours: 
2.00in.
More comments about the snowpack and weather: 
Wind transport of new snow by moderate SW winds. Moderate cornice build up, breaking and propagating easily with ski cut clean up of cornice. Some propogations of 10 meters were observed. Hard slab chunks the size of large TVs to washing machines were broken from cornice. This activity seemed very isolated to ridgelines.
Blowing Snow: 
Moderate
Wind Speed: 
Light (Twigs in motion)
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Sky Cover: 
Obscured by fog, etc (X)
Highest Precipitation Rate: 
Light Snowfall (S1)