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Colorado Mountain College Leadville · Mar 25, 2017 · Sawatch

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@1251 @ 11,000ft on the California Gulch road Temp 10c Sky OVC Precip No Wind Light. Variable direction

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@1400 @ 11,300ft on a SW aspect up California Gulch We dug 4 pits on a SW aspect across the same slope. All pits had 3 distinct layers with 3cm of F hard DF's on top of a P hard slab roughly 25 cm thick on top of a F hard slab roughly 30cm thick. Slope angle ranged from 24 - 30. -HS 53 - 62cm -CTM upon several tests with SC and results at the ground -CTM upon several tests with SP down 30cm (between the pencil hard slab and fist layer to the ground) -ECTP RP down 30cm Note: These pits were exposed for about an hour before we performed the test. Not all test were SP/SC. Some RP results as well.

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