Grand Mesa

Snowpack

Brandon Levy · Nov 25, 2019 · Grand Mesa

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Weather

Broken to Overcast skies with increasing moderate Southwest wind. Felt colder than 21F

Snowpack

Snow depth was generally 50cms (20") with a ski penetration of 25cms. Large surface hoar was lain flat. North facing slopes experienced degradation of the slab as it no longer seemed to have the ability to communicate fracture with several ECTNs observed at the 11/20 depth hoar interface. East facing slopes still produced localized collapses (whumphs). Below 10,500 ft there is markedly less snow and low snow still describes the below tree-line band.