Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

jason mullins · Feb 19, 2011 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Very warm in the AM to 2:30PM. Sunny with winds from the S by SW some gusts but mostly subdued until 12:30PM then increasing. After 12:30PM clouds moving in from the southwest with some decrease in temperature. Light fluries but increasingly ominous to the South west.

Snowpack

Gore Range,North of I-70 Elevation: 11480' +/- 40' Aspect: NW Measured snow depth:188cm Compression test results on isolated column: 30 taps no visible sign. shovel shear: Q3 time of day: 3 pm approx. temperature: 34F slope angle: 39 deg.