Aspen

Snowpack

Matt Huber · Dec 8, 2019 · Aspen

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Weather

Warm temperatures and broken cloud cover. Visibility was just poor enough to not be able to distinguish ridgeline winds or blowing snow.

Snowpack

Continued widespread fracture and collapse near treeline on easterly facing slopes. Moderate propagating Extended Column Test results continue at the October depth hoar layer and the November 20 storm. This interface presents in a snow profile as an obvious stripe at about 30 cm from the ground at this elevation and aspect. An unreactive surface hoar layer is barely identifiable at about 45 cm from the ground