Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

BJ Marraccini · Dec 22, 2013 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Steady cold temps (0F - 10F)since Friday 1230a. clouds mostly obscuring the sky. Light SW winds 5mph or less. primarily S1 snowfall starting 1100p Thursday, with several burst periods of S2 snowfall. New Snowfall totals since Thursday 1100p measured 32cm (and counting).

Snowpack

30-35cm of very low density new storm snow. SW aspects here showed 38-48cm of 3mm+ DH with chains prominent. Above the base layer were two 4cm 1F crusts surrounding 20cm F consolidated snow, but no noticeable slab existed. No buried surface hoar found. HS measurements at several points varied between 98 and 135cm, all on S and SW aspects.