Snowpack

Observation: Sugarloaf

Nick HSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
North
Red Flags
Rapid Warming
Elevation
3170 m

Both CT and ECT failed on the graupel, but no propagation in the layer of new snow. The crust was deteriorating and I could not pull off snow above it in one slab. The old snow below the crust is solid and cohesive.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Saw a lot of rollerball activity on sunny aspects and a few small point release wet slides</p> <p>Small amount (~5cm in our pit) of new snow on fell on the graupel layer, which was the only reactive layer we observed in our pit.</p>