Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

B Murphy · Jan 18, 2018 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

scattered clouds, temp low 20's mod winds from West

Snowpack

100cm depth surface showed faceting on top of last weeks storm snow. snow pack consisted mainly of 1-2mm faceted grains of 4F hardness with a mid pack slab of 1F between 50cm to 40cm from the ground. Possibly wind slab prior to last storm. MF crust of 1-2 cm visible at 65cm from ground. bottom 40cm basal facets 2-3mm Fhard and uncohesive CT24SPx2@40cm from ground, ECTX and PST25cm/100cm(END)on 40cm from ground sudden planar release