Snowpack

Observation: Abajos

Matthew CozartAbajos
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Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Currently sitting at just over 50cm of snow. The new snow is bonding well together but the old weak layer from a while back isn't. I did an ECT and got propagation at 13. The failure happened at the old weak layer. The pit I dug was at 9300', northeast facing, and on a 30 degree slope. Lots of wind drifts were present as well. </p> <p>We were having gusts of 50 mph today. Anything south facing was being blasted by the wind. The road in is also covered in ice. Drive carefully.</p>