Snowpack

The saddle before Kona

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Quick report

I observed a stable snow pack based off our extended column test.

Weather

Air Temp
15
Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
none
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Snowpack

Our pit depth was 170cm down to 60cm. The layers we found were as followed. 170cm: fist, 147cm: knife, 135cm: 4 finger, 130cm: 1finger, 100cm:1 finger, 95cm: pen, 85cm: 1 fingers, 75 cm: pen 60cm: 1 finger. An extended column test resulted in a negative propagation on our 14th tap. It cracked less than 1/4 way across our column at the 147cm depth knife layer. * this is posted by someone who just completed their avalanche course. *