Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Joe Messina · Jan 24, 2016 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Snowing S1, came in as graupel with cold front passage. Temperature taken from Dry Lake SNOTEL. HS varied with elev/aspect.

Snowpack

North aspect: Some mid-pack weak layers. Otherwise, mid-pack is rounding, lower pack is still has facets but they are in the rounding process. Subtle crust at 75 cm. No ECT results, CT17 Q1 at 90 cm. Strong snowpack with low propagation. South aspect: melt-freeze crust on snow surface