Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

john morrone · Feb 14, 2013 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

snowing lightly, (5mm dendrites), 100yd to 1/2 mile viz., cloudy to overcast, winds 5-10, occ gusts to 15 minimal snow transport.

Snowpack

160 cm 160-122 soft storm snow 120-110 4 finger layer 110 thin ice lens (<5mm), discontinous 110-70 pencil massive layer 70 thin ice lacer 70-0 soft facets Ct results: easy (8) @ 110, planar when ice layer was visible, otherwise non-planar surface; moderate (12) @ 70, SHARP PLANAR POP