Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Ryan Zarter · Feb 1, 2024 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

FEW clouds and light SW winds above treeline. Temps in the low 20s.

Snowpack

Surface hoar was present on every aspect I traveled on today except for due south. In a lot of places this sits on top of a faceted upper snowpack over a stout mid-pack slab. On southeast aspects surface hoar sits atop a 1cm melt-freeze crust. South aspects had a stout melt-freeze crust on the surface (5cm thick). Overall snowpack structure is similar to what we've seen around the area, with a stout slab on top of basal facets/depth hoar. On both south and southeast aspects I had propagating ECT results below the slab.