Grand Mesa

Snowpack

Brandon Levy · Feb 10, 2019 · Grand Mesa

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Weather

Gusty South South West winds with temps in the 20's and clear skies

Snowpack

Snow depth around 5.5' at the roadside plot and at the profile location. Feb / Jan interface is down about a foot with layer of near surface facets producing hard resistant results and no propagation in instability tests. Several propagation saw tests with one producing propagation with the cut around half the column length. See attached profile. Wind affected surfaces widespread. Crowns from 2.7.19 filling in with snow (2.8.19) and wind transported snow