Buff Pass: SPC Beacon Training

Date

12/22/2020

Location

Day #

18

Avalanche Danger

3,3,2

Persistent slab on NW-E NTL & ATL likely, small to large.

Route

Above the cabin

Weather

AM: Calm and sunny with temps in the mid- to upper-twenties all day
Late PM: Strong cold front around sunset with lighting, thunder, intense snow squalls resulting in 2-6″ new snow overnight

HSN24

0"

HSN48

0"

Precip

S1 late PM with squalls in the evening

Sky

Clear AM, Overcast PM

Winds

Calm AM, Windy late PM

Temps

Mid twenties @ Tower all day

Snowpack Observations

Shallow and rotten with widespread surface hoar