Sawatch
SnowpackJohn Mackinnon · Dec 24, 2019 · Sawatch
Weather
Mild temperature at TL, a few high thin clouds and calm winds.
Snowpack
Got 1 rumbling collapse at TL on a SE aspect and a few less "noisy" ones below TL on E and SE aspects. There were some pockets of stiffer snow in exposed areas but we found a mostly weak and faceted snowpack on N through SE aspects at and below TL. Older wind crusts and shallow slabs on the surface had started the faceting process. Did observe that melt-freeze crusts had started forming on steeper sunny slopes near and below TL.