Snowpack

Rattlesnake

Cam MackenzieRattlesnake
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Quick report

No red flags for instability, but poor snowpack structure observed.

Weather

Air Temp
High 20s
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
none
Rain Elevation
5000'
Recent Snowfall
1
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Little to no wind, high 20s temperatures, very light snowfall.

Snowpack

Since Saturday, there have been 6-8 inches of new snow sitting on a melt-freeze crust. The new snow has not bonded to the crust but is no longer sensitive and behaving like a storm slab.

Below the crust is a stout 1-finger hard slab, .5-1 meter thick. There are still lingering facets in the bottom third of the snowpack.

On south aspects, we found the snow near the ground still wet with dry snow above it.