Observation: Duchesne Ridge

Travels today sampled a variety of aspects and snow surfaces along the Duchesne Ridge. Most of the observed snow does not support skier weight, and makes for challenging skiing and skinning conditions. As a testament to the pace and severity of this faceting, a snow profile dug in an area containing some of the strongest observed snow still did not produce propagation an ECT, and contains almost entirely angular grains.

A variety of snow surfaces can be found. Most notably, a wind indensified snow surface (pictured in the attached photo below) was observed on a relatively exposed NW slope. This surface has since faceted.