Aspen

Snowpack

Today we traveled mainly on N-NE aspects at and below treeline. Lower snowpack on these slopes consisted of very weak depth hoar grains, some up to 7mm. Upper snowpack was made up of storm snow from the last 10 days. Those lower snowpack weak layers caused numerous large collapses, often occurring every few steps while breaking trails. Shooting cracks also observed. Mid and upper snowpack layers are poorly bonded to lower snowpack depth hoar. Stability has not improved much since larger snow storms during the last 10 days. Danger still CONSIDERABLE on slopes we traveled on today.