Snowpack

Observation: Aspen Grove

Jon CampbellProvo
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Quick report

Aspect
Southeast
Red Flags
Collapsing
Elevation
2377 m

I am a very new reporter so take all of this with a large grain of salt.

Overall conditions were as follows

No wind

1° C

Moderate to heavy wet snowfall

95CM total snow pack

Riding was great on low angle tree runs today, the snow was a bit dense and grabby, but overall enjoyable and soft.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Dug a simple pit and could clearly see the PWL from December. It seems to be healing a little bit and appeared less sugary, though still not well bonded to the snow above. About 67 cm of snow was on top of the PWL. Most of this newer snow from the past month was pretty dense with an inch of crust on top, then the fresh snow from yesterday and today.</p> <p> </p> <p>I will also note that on many smaller test slopes we could not get anything to crack, whumpf, or slide. HOWEVER on a SE facing slope of about 35° we were able to get a VERY loud whumpf, although no slide and no cracks formed.</p> <p>Snow was rather wet today with lots of small rollers running for long distances. There was some small wet sluffing.</p>