CAIC Observation Report

It had been snowing all day with light wind. By the time we made it up there (630pm) the snow had stopped and light fog had rolled in. air temp (F): 28°; cloud cover: obscured; wind loading: light; recent snowfall (cm): 23cm; snow avail for transport: moderate amounts

We dug an east facing pit at about 10,500 feet in the Snowy Range near Sucker Lake off Hwy 130. The temperature was about -2c/28F, and a thin layer of fresh graupel littered the fresh powder, which was about 23cm/9" deep. While we noticed light wind loading in the surrounding area. However, our ECT had vertical cracking in the top 23cm of new snow on the first tap with no propagation. We did not observe any additional notable results in the ECT. The Christmas crust remains as a dense, icey layer about 2cm thick at 90cm/3ft deep . We were unable to isolate the column beyond the depth of the Christmas crust due to the dense ice, which may have affected the ECT results at layers deeper than 90cm.