Quick report
Time: 1430 Aspect / Slope: E, 17° Elevation: 6900' Weather: Overcast; light snow; calm winds; air temp 1.5°C Stability: stable snowpack with new moise snowfall and not adhering to under layer Observation 1 (Snowpit) HS: 110 cm Snowpack structure : 5 cm new moist snow Thin melt-freeze crust from previous high pressure 10 cm moist snow transitioning to dry snow with depth 40 cm prominent crust layer Stability tests: ECTN19 @ 40 cm at crust interface PST 45/100 SF @ 40 cm Observation 2 : Moved along same contour from Observation 1 to a SSE aspect to compare conditions. Snow structure: HS: 50 cm 3.5 cm new moist snow, not adhering to thin upper crust Large grainy translucent snow to 20 cm 3.5 cm thick melt-freeze crust (supportable) Smaller grainy snow to 46 cm 2.5 cm thick melt-freeze crust