Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Abe Pacharz · Mar 11, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Day started out clear and calm. By the time of observation, front had moved in, visibility decreased, wind increased, some fog arrived on ridge line but didn't settle in valley, rimed PP (~2mm) began falling during snowpack testing at S-1.

Snowpack

DEEP. Very nice structure in upper snowpack layers of recent storm snow. No significant results in upper snowpack tests. Did not dig to ground to profile lower snowpack, though did poke a bit and found varying sizes of facets, some rounding and bonding, some just pouring out upon shoveling.