November 27

Mineral Fork into the upper bowl(room of doom).

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

7000-10200', angles over 35°, north facing aspects.

Snow conditions

4" in snow at the trail head.

That increased to about a foot during the day with the storm.

Current snow pack in the upper elevations is 2' or so out of the drifted-scoured terrain.

Weather

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Snow, heavy at times. Wind from the northwest, over 15 mph up high. Cool temperatures.

Snow pit

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Evaluation

Localized cracking and collapsing at upper elevations.

Decreasing stability with high snowfall rate by afternoon.

Weather guessers have up to 3' suggested by Tuesday afternoon so... wear your helmet.

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