Grand Mesa

Snowpack

Brandon Levy · Mar 14, 2018 · Grand Mesa

View on map

Weather

SCT to BKN skies with high clouds becoming BKN with lower clouds around noon. Warm temps in the mid to upper thirties with consistent L wind from the SSW and moderate gusts

Snowpack

36" HS at the roadside snow stake and ~33" at profile site above the Cliffs. Surface snow was a MFcr 2-3 cms or the top inch or so was moist depending on micro-aspect changes and elevation. At 10600' on a N aspect the snowpack had a relatively simple structure with a 2 cm crust above 1F slab above rounding DH. The DH / Slab interface continues to propagate in ECT's but I think the concern moving forward for the Cliffs will be the surface interface especially if the surface crust gets wet before the snow and cooling behind the front on Thursday.