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Snowpack

SHANE EDMONDS · Feb 9, 2019 · Aspen

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Weather

Warm day when moving, light winds with stronger winds up high.

Snowpack

180 cm of snow at 10,900'. Top 42 cm of snow is fist hard. The next 100 cm are 1F hardness with .5mm rounding crystals. The bottom of the snow pack is faceted crytsals starting to round 4F hardness 1-2mm in size. Ect tests showed no failures, just crushing of the snow under the shovel. Ct test failed on 19 taps with a break 115 cm. A deep tap test was performed 70 cm up from the bottom with a break on 20 taps. Propagation saw test was a 30/100 to the end.