Quick report
10 cm from the ground was weak facetted layer below the rain layer with more unconsolidated facetted snow at the ground. Facetted snow was not full sugar snow but appeared to be transitioning to a more stable layer from the rain event several days prior.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 25
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Recent Snowfall
- 60
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
15-20 knots of wind with a cloud line just under 8000' before noon with clearing and calmer wind as the day progressed.
Snowpack
Dug a quick pit in a wind loaded NE facing aspect at 7700'. Found 60cm of one finger medium density new snow sitting on a rain soaked fist hard 35 cm layer.