Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Austin DiVesta · Dec 8, 2021 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Temperatures in the mid-20s. Light winds until about 1pm and the picked up as the front started to apporach. Cloud cover increased throughout the day from mostly cloudy to overcast, but no snow.

Snowpack

There was approximately one inch of new snow from Monday’s storm on the ground in most places. The snow surface was composed of fresh snow and 1-2mm surface hoar on every slope. Snow height 30 cm on south-facing slopes to 90cm on the wind-loaded east slopes. More southerly slopes have many melt-freeze crusts but are mostly faceted. Northerly slopes possess a much more weak faceted snowpack