Snowpack

Lakes Basin

Ryan HuetterEastside Region
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Quick report

HS increased with elevation, averaging 40cm in the lower basin, and reaching 60cm in the upper end of BTL. Ski pen ranged from 5cm to 15cm making travel fairly easy and supportable with adequate coverage (for this shallow of a snowpack) where underlying group cover is smooth, but the upper bowls look pretty bony in the talus fields (maybe don't bring out the nice skis just yet...)

Snowpack

Dug a test profile pit at 9400' on a NE aspect. HS 59, Surface form PPgp 3mm. 59-42 F hard, PPgp 3mm/PPrm 1mm 42-15 1F hard, DF 1mm 15-0 4F- hard, FC 1-2mm Test results- CT11 SP @ 3cm, ECTP12 @ 3cm