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Snowpack

blase reardon · Mar 15, 2016 · Aspen

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Weather

Partly cloudy skies late morning gave way to lowering clouds from the NW. Variable new snow depths, but typically 6-8 BTL; 8-10" NTL. Snow showers started again mid afternoon. Ridgeline winds moderate and blowing snow up from S above Fridge, and from W on Alley Peak. Some gusts reaching down BTL.

Snowpack

New snow right-side up, w some graupel mixed in near base. F+ at top; 4F at base. Dry. Found few spots that felt slabby. No shooting cracks. Snow thinner near ridges both E and N sides; thickened ~75 feet below ridge.