Sawatch

Snowpack

Jacob Cornett · Jan 14, 2023

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Weather

Mostly Sunny/ 14° F North Aspect 10,800-11,500ft.

Snowpack

Large areas of the snowpack were whumpfing and collapsing while traveling on snowshoes, cracks shooting and showing signs consistent with propagation across areas high above where I was traveling. Wind blown drifts on the NW aspect were beyond waist deep and also showed signs of instability consistent with the persistent weak layer problem.