Front Range

Snowpack

Joe Esseichick · Feb 12, 2017 · Front Range

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Weather

Overcast, light snow, westerly winds, 5-10 mph, with gusts to 15 mph.

Snowpack

Approximately 2.5 cm of new snow over 30 cm of melt forms over 100 cm of old wind slabs over 15 cm depth hoar. Most of the snowpack is composed of rounded grains or facets becoming rounded. We performed compression tests and an extended column test and observed CTM 12 at 15 cm below surface and ECTN 12.