Snowpack

Lolo Pass- Nascar Hill

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Quick report

3 more inches had fallen overnight pushing new snow to depth around 8 to 10 inches. Conditions are still thin but we did find decent turns between the buried logs and bushes

Weather

Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
none
Recent Snowfall
3"
Snow Avail For Transport
moderate amounts

Calm, below-freezing temperatures, light snow off and on throughout the day

Snowpack

We dug on both the west and east aspects and found similar conditions. A notable weak layer 7-8" down (20cm) of near facets. We had several planer breaks on this layer but no propagation (CT,5,SP, 20 down,NSF). We also had several breaks above the ground on large 2-3mm facets, this layer was highly spatial variable with mixed pit results ranging from finding propagation in extended columns to no notable breaks in the same text a few feet away.