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Castle Lake

Location Name: 
Middle Peak, Castle Lake
Region: 
Castle Lake
Date and time of observation: 
Mon, 02/03/2020 - 1:30pm
Observation made by: 
Forecaster

Location Map

96067 Mount Shasta , CA
United States
41° 13' 22.9656" N, 122° 23' 15.27" W
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California US

Snowpack Observations

Details

DATE: 20200203

TIME: 1330

OBSERVER: Sorenson

LOCATION: Castle Lake, Right and Middle Peak

SKY CONDITION: Broken 

PRECIPITATION TYPE/RATE: none

BLOWING SNOW: no

AIR TEMPERATURE: 15 deg F

SURFACE PENETRABILITY: Ski - 0 to 1" (0 to 2.5 cm) / Boot - 0" to 1" (0 to 2.5 cm)

HEIGHT OF SNOWPACK (HS): 2' to 4' (60 to 121 cm)

HEIGHT OF NEW SNOW (HN): 1"  

WIND: Light / Northeast

NOTES:  A dusting of new snow over a shallow and well-worn snowpack exists at Castle Lake. Cooler temperatures kept the snow underfoot firm and difficult to skin.  Use caution as many obstacles, such as bushes, rocks, and icy patches, remain. The inch of new snow barely hides patches of old rain runnels, hard marbleize icy surfaces, and variable sastrugi.  

Small patchy clouds hung around 7,000-10,000 feet throughout the area. A cold light breeze blew out of the Northeast. 

Photos

  • Middle Peak from lake level
  • Left Peak and Castle Lake
  • Snow surface are variable with some icy patches.
  • Hard wind pressed snow on ridgeline. A shallow snowpack exists on Right Peak.

Weather Observations

Statistics

Cloud Cover: 
50% of the sky covered by clouds
Precipitation: 
None
Accumulation rate: 
None
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
Wind Speed: 
Light
Wind Direction: 
Northeast