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Snowpack

Kevin Donaldson · Feb 2, 2013 · Sawatch

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Weather

Clear and sunny for most of the day, high level cirrus clouds moved in towards noon. Temps warmed gradually by the time we reached the top (aprox. noon). Not very windy/gusty, even at the top

Snowpack

HS=100CM. Snow pack consisted of storm snow from the most recent cycle sitting on top of a deep layer of rounding facets. At the very bottom was a shallow layer of large surface hoard that was easy to identify with the naked eye. See attached snow pack for detailed observations. CTE-RP at 90cm on the Jan. 28(?)/Jan25-26 storm interface. CTEM-RP at 90cm on the Jan 28(?)/Jan 25-26 storm interface.