Front Range

Snowpack

Spencer Logan · Jan 5, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

Obscured skies turning broken after noon. Westerly winds decreased slightly, became much more variable after noon.

Snowpack

Jan 4-5th snow drifting into soft wind slabs about 6 inches thick. Not very reactive. Isolated pockets where the slabs that drifted in early January were sitting on near surface facets. Slabs were P hard, 20-30 cm thick, stubborn but sudden planar fractures.