Snowpack

Observation: Monte Cristo

Mike FoggOgden
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Quick report

Aspect
North
Red Flags
Wind Loading, Collapsing
Elevation
2652 m
Slope Angle
18°
Red Flags Comment
<p>Lots of signs of recent high winds. some ares were completely blown off</p>

8700 feet North facing

130cm deep

ECT 13N

ECT 27N

ECT did break at new storm snow interface did not propagate

Also broke at 27 did not propagate

Likely this slope had wind deposited snow from earlier high winds.

overall it was more stable than expected

we did experense one collapse under us on low angle terrain.

Snowpack

8-10 in of new storm snow