Snowpack

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Quick report

2-3 inches of new snow on a 140cm deep snowpack. 50cm of snowpack is light newer snow from this past storm. 90cm and below is hard snow with layer of facets at about the 20cm mark.

Weather

Air Temp
20
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
moderate
Rain Elevation
8300
Recent Snowfall
8
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Winds were 7-10 mph in the open and 1-3 mph in the trees. New snow dropping had poor visibility.

Snowpack

Depth is 140cm deep of snow pack. Snowpack is light on top for about 50cm, but very hard about 70cm down with a facet layer of about 20cm at the bottom. Snow pack is very stable in this area only allowing compression during the test with no propagation. I rate this area a ECTX.