Aspen

Snowpack

Matt Huber · Feb 26, 2019 · Grand Mesa

Weather

Warm and sunny. The top 10 to 15 cm of snow was moist and globby with was no visible blowing snow at at ridgeline

Snowpack

The overall snowpack depth ranged between 80 to 100 centimeters on south aspects near 10,000 feet. The surface crust had softened and the top 15 cm were moist. There is a 2 cm layer of facets below this layer. The mid-pack is generally finger hard rounding facets with a 2 centimeter crust at about 55 cm from the ground. The depth hoar layer is about 30 centimeters deep, with rounding grains. Extended Column Tests only produced non-propagating moderate results at the facet layer 15 cm from the surface.