Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Backcountry Babes · Jan 7, 2017 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Sky: Overcast, Wind: Calm Gusts: Light from the west, Blowing Snow: None, Precip: No

Snowpack

At 11,200ft on a west facing 18 degree slope, we observed HS 91cm and SkiPen 20cm. Compression test results included a CTM SC down 40cm below a 1F hard layer on F+ facets, and CTM SC down 72cm on 2.0mm facets and depth hoar. We had no results in a large column test: ECTX.