Mt. Purden - Meadow pit

Half day to scope out areas for future training events, popped out of Purden Ski area bounds and dug a study pit. The recent freezing rain/mix reached up to the mountain top around 1330 m. Snow depth (HS) was 156 cm in our sheltered meadow pit at 1330 m. Two CT's: CTH23 down 35 cm on decomposing fragments and rounded grains, second column gave CTE4 down 8 cm on ambiguous snow interface. ECTX (no failure or propagation). Layers were a bit more elusive here. Skiing BTL is rowdy.

Study pit in sheltered meadow, flat aspect, on SE side of Mt. Purden. 10cm temp: -2.6, mid-depth: -4.1, bottom: -0.2 (Top)156-136cm: F 136-91: 4f, decomposing and fragments 91-72: 1f , DF + Rounded Grains, 1 mm 72-43:1f- 43-21: 4f+ 21-1:1f (Surface hoar weakly preserved at 21 cm, ~1 cm thick?) 1-0: P (ice form)