Vail & Summit County
SnowpackBecs Hodgetts · Mar 7, 2017 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Blustery day with snow blowing at ridgetops and drifting across road. Skies slowly clearing. Cool temps slowly rising.
Snowpack
Switchback chutes: 12cm new snow capping numerous mfc/facet combos. HS 70-90cm. Recent warm weather has influenced all but new snow, with frozen perc columns and melt forms noted to ground. 12cm of new and decomposing fragmented particles rest on 1F->P snowcover. Chutes 4-8 appear to have loaded with recent winds, as has high in 1. Patrick bank stripped to ground. Trees above appeared to still hold snow. Eagle track stripped of snow. Gilman showing the effects of it's southern exposure, track mostly burned out with minor loading in start zone. Notch mountain bank has re-filled since warm spell with all rocks covered. Watertanks re-loaded on west aspect only. Small bushes still visible in track. Red Cliff banks and path showing southern exposure with only start zones holding snow.