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Observation: Y Mountain

Dane ThorleyProvo
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Quick report

Aspect
South
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
2438 m

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Dug a pit at about 8,000 feet in a southern aspect meadow and, as expected, found a fairly deep (~12'') layer of large-facet ground hoar. The middle of the snowpack had a thin (rain?) crust that doesn't tend to break through while touring but fails on a decent.</p> <p>Roughly 1.5 feet of new, moderately dense snowpack over the last 24 hours.</p>