Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Jason Konigsberg · Dec 28, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Intense wind loading above treeline from the west. Machine Gun ridge was getting obliterated with effective wind loading. Not much going on below treeline.

Snowpack

Dug on a southwest-facing below treeline slopes. 80 cm from the surface, I found 2 to 3 mm well-developed facets sandwiched between two 1 cm thick crusts. I got an propagating result at ECTP17. The structure on this slope didn't look much better than northerly slopes. I got much less collapsing than I have the past few days. I am not sure if this was because I was in a different area with a thicker slab or because the snowpack is already getting less reactive. Maybe a combo of both.