Manto nivoso

Peter’s ridge

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Quick report

New snow was easily sluffing on steep slopes that needed to be managed. We saw a lot of glide cracks and old crowns Lots of glide cracks, old crowns and debris.

Weather

Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
none

Perfectly calm, very light snow throughout the day

Snowpack

23 cm of fresh snow measured on nw aspect at 6300’. Dug 1m pit and got no results. Found a crust at old / new interface. The south facing side of the ridge had a very supportable crust below new snow.