Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Joe Messina · Feb 1, 2016 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Temperature and wind from Storm Peak Lab, HN24 from Ski Area 0500 snow report. Overcast sky, light precip.

Snowpack

See snowpit profile. Snowpack is deep and rounding. Sheltered north facing aspect had a deep, consolidated snowpack. Surface snow was sluffing, producing very small Loose Dry slides and not acting like a cohesive slab.