Sawatch
Snowpackpatrick donahue ยท Nov 16, 2014
Weather
mostly clear and sunny with frigid temps from the arctic cold front that has moved in throughout the day. slight breeze at times throughout the afternoon
Snowpack
~20-30" of new storm snow sit on a small weak layer of facets that fell during the october storm. there was observations of woomfing on slopes around 30 degrees but no fractures or cracking. in the trees there where the occasional sudden and large collapse with small cracks propagating less than a meter.