Gunnison

Snowpack

Billy Rankin · Dec 7, 2012 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: fog, overcast, poor to no visibility, warm temps light wind gusts, variable. a few snowflakes, no new accumulation today. 3-6" of new snow.

Snowpack

irwin study plot showed 2" w/ .15" water, HS 11" HS varied from 10" in the shallow zones to 40" in the drifted areas. No collapsing with minor surface cracking around skis with one crack propagating 15' out. ski pen around 20cm as deep as 50 cm in rocky areas. test pit at around 12,200', ENE, 25 degrees. HS 85cm, with15cm of new snow. Mid pack 55cm of 4F to 1F on top of 20 cm facets 2mm (fist) on the ground. ECT P 3 Q2/SC down 15cm on surface facets. ECT P 20 Q2/SC down 65 on facets 2mm.