Sawatch

Snowpack

Ian Hoyer · Feb 2, 2015 · Aspen

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Weather

Clear, crisp day. High winds on the ridgetops, but calm winds down in the valley.

Snowpack

Above treeline terrain was very stripped. N-W-S faces were all stripped, with snow in patches and crossloaded gullies. East faces had more snow, they were being and had been windloaded. More snow NTL, pencil hard wind slab throughout the valley. Slab was easily shearing on small NSF. ~50cm HS on valley bottom, 4f facets.