Quick report
Warming throughout the day, especially at lower elevation and on solar aspects. Snowpit Results: CT 4 RP Q1 down 8 cm CT 12 SC Q1 down 18 cm CT 23 RP Q2 down 28 cm CT 24 RP Q1 down 150 cm ECTN 3 down 5cm ECTN 12 down 18 cm ECTN 18 down 25 cm ECTN 25 down 50 cm No instability oberved during travel.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 34
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- none
Partly sunny and warm with no winds.
Snowpack
HS at pit location was measured at 238cm. Storm snow progressed from four finger hardness to one finger hardness down to a knife hard crust burried 90cm down, 150cm above the ground. We did not dig below the crust. The first 40-50cm of the snowpack were decomposing fragments approximately 1.5mm in size. Beneath that were 40-50cm of 1mm decomposing fragments. The storm snow appeared to be bonding well to the ice crust. The layer above the crust appeared to be rounding facets.