Snowpack

Observation: Wolverine Cirque

Kevin BurkertSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
Northeast
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
3048 m

Total Height of Snow was 180-190cm

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>10000 elevation, NE aspect, large granular snow balls 3 inch layer at approximately 4 feet deep. Did not show any signs of instability on 1-30 ECT but did sheer with a shovel behind the top of the column when applying decent force. This was an interesting finding to our crew and sparked a debate given the size of the weak layer even though there were no signs of instability throughout our CT and ECT. </p>