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Snowpack

Jason Konigsberg · Dec 16, 2018 · Sawatch

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Weather

Hot! It felt like spring until I got above treeline where there was a cool, light breeze.

Snowpack

Much warmer day than Saturday especially with the lack of wind. Snow surfaces became moist on all southerly slopes below and near treeline. Melt-freeze crust formed quickly after the sun moved off the slope. I traveled on southerly slopes from ~10k to ~12,500 and observed no cracking or collapsing. I also traveled over a few small, steeper southerly slopes with no signs of instability.