Snowpack

Lolo Peak, Carlton

Francis HortonBitterroot
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

Sight snow and low to no wind. Evidence of past snow transport.

Weather

Air Temp
30
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
light
Rain Elevation
6,500
Recent Snowfall
2
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

It was snowing lightly starting around 11am and continued until we left, about 4pm

Snowpack

We dug a pit at 8.2k on a north aspect. Snow pack was 50cm deep and we found two distinct layers. The top 35 cm seemed to be a consolidating slab moving down from f to 1f which was sitting on 15cm of sugary facets, potentially depth hoar on the ground.