Snowpack

Observation: Moonlight

S SimondsSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
Northeast
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Elevation
2743 m

HS 300 + cm

Pit Depth 140 cm

Angle 22

Snow felt dense but right side up at least 120cm down. Could not really detect any layers running card through pit wall. Got an ECTN15 30cm down on a crust?, I poorly isolated the column. Observed a fragile 1 cm crust on East aspects at mid elevations on Moonlight. Loud pow on N and shaded NE mid elevation slopes on Highline.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Cross loaded and difficult to read N through E slopes. Snow did not feel hollow when probing with pole along skin track. Snow surface did not break</p> <p>cohesively when stepping above skin track. Previous days skin track was mostly covered by 1 cm of wind transported snow, but in some places completely buried. Very little pattern. </p>