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Snowpack

Matt Lanning · Jan 15, 2022

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Weather

Clear, calm, 10,900’ SSW aspect

Snowpack

Hasty pit: 70cm total settled snowpack, 15cm persistent weak layer at the ground (despite the SSW aspect, still had old snow prior to holiday cycle). 40cm midpack 1F hardness with 15cm fist hard layer at the surface. Much shallower snowpack than I expected to find in a protected valley.