Observation: Abajo Mountains

Snowpack

Instability Comment

<p>It's still down there, somewhere. </p> <p>Ski pole probes, hand shear tests and stepping above the skin track on the way up suggested the new snow was bonded fairly well to the older layer. It took a bit of pressure to get the new snow layer to pop with hand shear tests and shear quality was Q2-Q3. Stepping above the skin track revealed similar results, except in a couple wind loaded areas on exposed places on the ridge line.</p>