Sawatch

Snowpack

Bo Torrey · Nov 22, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

Mostly clear and warm. Few additional clouds through the day.

Snowpack

Traveled up Chalk Creek to take a look at coverage and surface conditions prior to the snow arrival. Overall there is about a foot of snow on the ground. Southerly slopes are melted to bare ground up to ~11,500 feet. On east and west aspects there was a +1" melt freeze crust with an inch or so of new snow on top. On north facing slopes below the inch of new snow we found .3m mm near surface facets.