Aspen

Snowpack

Colin Mitchell · Dec 17, 2014 · Aspen

Weather

Warm and cloudy, intermittent snow showers.

Snowpack

Snowpack had two distinct slabs/weak layer combinations. The first was from the Dec 13 snow and was overlying a F hard layer buried near-surface facets around 26 cm down. The second was from the 11/22 storm, and was a 4F slab of rounding facets which sat above depth hoar. The depth hoar had a distinct crust below it, and more depth hoar below that. Snowpack tests showed that the upper layer of depth hoar was reactive with fractures breaking at the crust ECTP 20 SC, CT15 SC, PST end 15/100.