Snowpack

Skook face

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Quick report

Crust on dust on crusty ski with some softer spot on the lee side of trees. In south facing snow pit we had two layers with Q2 shear with facets above and below. Major ice layer at 13 cm below surface and was about 5 cm thick. In north aspect test pit we had slight propagation at 29 taps about 4 cm above the ice layer.

Weather

Air Temp
25
Cloud Cover
overcast
Recent Snowfall
1cm
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Got colder later in the day. Wind gust 12-15 mph on ridge.

Snowpack

Above ice layer all unconsolidated snow with clean shear at various levels with Q2. About 1 c/m fresh snow accumulation overnight.