Grand Mesa

Avalanche

Grumpy Powderhorn Ski Patrol; · Jan 2, 2015 · Grand Mesa

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Weather

Observation was at 1330 hrs. and sky's were overcast (80%), winds calm, temp. was -9 c

Snowpack

This was an ECT pit ... 55 cm, from 0-22 cm we found easy fist with faceted snow grains, 23-40 cm showed easy 4 fingers with rounded snow grains and 41-55 cm was faceted snow grains. Temp. profile showed 10 cm @ -1.1, 20 cm @ -2.6, 30 cm @ -4.2, 40 cm @ -5.9, 50 cm @ -8.2 The compression test was a ct 14 with the entire block failing (ECTP14) The 23-40 layer is (I believe) from our Dec. 23-25 snow event which was mostly heavy snow with wind on the 25th (just a guess)

Avalanche

None observed