Bridger Teton Avalanche Center View Field Observations
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Weather
Date Period Name Affiliation Location Zone Sky Precipitation Intensity Rain Line -
Warning Signs
Blowing Snow
Date Period Observer Area Zone Depth
(inches)Extent Elevation Aspect Shooting Cracks
Date Period Observer Area Zone Cracking Elev Aspect Whumpfing
Date Period Observer Area Zone Whumpfing Elev Aspect -
Problem Layer
Date Observer Area Zone Type Depth
(inches)Elev Aspect -
Hazard Assessment, Comments & Photos
Date Observer Area Zone Bulletin Agree Comments Photos
General
The observations selected display in all of the areas below. You can open and close each area if you want to only see some of the information.
The date, observer, period, area, zone and location are repeated in each section.
All depths are in inches.
Wind Depths
- Large (> than 18 inches)
- Medium (6-18 inches)
- Small (2 to 6 inches)
- None
- No Obs: No Observations not possible
Blowing Snow Extent
- near - drifts along ridges
- middle - drifts extended from ridges
- far - drifts beyond ridges - extensive
Problem Layer Types
- RC - rain crust
- SC - sun crust
- MFC = melt/freeze crust
- RmC - rime crust
- RRC - radiation recrystallization
- SF - surface hoar
- NSF - near surface faceted snow
- DH - depth hoar
- DB - density break
- HC = hardness change
Blowing snow depths
- Large (> than 18 inches)
- Medium (6-18 inches)
- Small (2 to 6 inches)
- None
- No Obs: No Observations not possible
Blowing snow extent
- near - drifts along ridges
- middle - drifts extended from ridges
- far - drifts beyond ridges - extensive