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Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Feb 1, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

Calm and overcast with thin clouds.

Snowpack

SE below treeline stout (supportable to skis) mfc below 2" of snow from 1/30. Average HS 60cm. Some local collapsing/cracking in spots where crust thinned. Near treeline HS varied from 20cm to 2m. Previous windload obvious and stubborn to move on small rolls with skis. Three pencil to knife hard crusts made up the upper 30cm of the snowpack on south ntl in this area. Average HS 1m. ECTX