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Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Jan 12, 2019 · Sawatch

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Weather

Crisp and overcast with light breeze. Intermittent very light snow (s-1 at best).

Snowpack

Crest Bowl only appeared to have lost snow from very top of ridge, some cross loading in Gracies. Scouring obvious in ribs in Big Slide. Rocks and small trees still evident in start zones. West below treeline slopes have boot pen to ground. Mostly soft (F)snow with a harder (4F) layer below latest 10" of storm snow. These layers have bonded well. No signs of cracking/collapsing/whumphs. Ski and skin tracks in Crest Bowl.