Sawatch

Snowpack

Kreston Rohrig · Dec 16, 2017 · Sawatch

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Weather

Overcast with clouds breaking slightly in the afternoon. Mild temps, calm winds.

Snowpack

BTL the snowpack is thin and fully facted. HS ranged from 30-50cm. NTL and ATL, there was a surprising lack of new slabs in leeward terrain. In very isolated areas, most recent slab formation ranged from 5-20cm. Most of the exposed terrain in this area was completely blown out, leaving varied forms of small sastrugi. Windward fetches were completely bare of new snow.