Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Eric Deering · Jan 24, 2012 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Clear sky, calm and about 25 F

Snowpack

First time into Soda Creek since last storm cycle. Storm slab has a variety of layers including a small graupel layer (2-3mm) and a subtle rain crust. In all slides witnesses, those went with the storm slab. Bed surface in most was old snow surface that was a 8mm wind crust. Very supportable with large facets below. Crown profiles= CT11, Q1+ and ECT 16, Q1+. Loads of collapsing and cracking, but we could not get anything else to move. Jumped on a lot of start zones, and they seem to want to stay put now. I will upload pit to snow pilot later.