Front Range
SnowpackLucas Mouttet · Dec 21, 2012 · Front Range
Weather
Looks like the wind has been fairly steady since the storm, but has rotated from w/NW to SW (cross loading to top loading locally).
Snowpack
Snow surface variable between 10" of new to hard wind slab throughout the trip. Walked on a lot of 2day old avy debris. Felt a few good whumpfs just above treeline and got a few 10meter+ thin cracks from them. Winds had shifted and left a couple different wind layers from the past couple days in spots. Did one pit just above treeline. Rough outline of snow layers from ground: 0-40cm, depth hoar - 40-43cm, sun crust - 43-50cm, facets - 50-95cm, p hard wind slab - 95-110cm, F hard. ECTP14 @ 50cm from ground, on interface between facets (diurnal?) below and P hard wind slab above.