Weather

Mount Marsten

Lydia WilloughbyWhitefish Range
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Quick report

  • Accumulated snow throughout the day ~5" at ~5700'. Cool temps and calm with little sign of recent wind affected snow.
    • Small (older and harder) wind lips at mid-elevations covered in recent storm snow. We recieved no signs of instability on these features. 
  • Hasty pit dug on NE slope at 5900', HS=145cm 
    • ECTN12 down 45cm on January Surface Hoar+Facets. [Vertical orientation with grain sizes up to 20cm]
    • 25 cm F hardness snow ontop of 15cm 4F. This is resting on 10cm F hardness surface hoar and facets. 
No signs of instability.

Weather

Air Temp
10
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
none
Recent Snowfall
25
Snow Avail For Transport
large amounts

Calm and overcast with S1 to S-1 all day. Low clouds with visibility up to 1 mile.