Vail & Summit County
SnowpackScott T · Dec 21, 2022 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Building clouds, increasing winds, falling temperatures, and very light snowfall developing
Snowpack
Northerly terrain, at and below treeline. First two thirds of the tour, nothing but facets (NBF). There was a thin decaying crust about 4” above ground. We were just able to get some small facet sluffs going to ground in steeper terrain Tried to isolate a column, ~ 2’ deep, failed on isolation. When we got a bit higher-at treeline open terrain- a 4-5” hard dense wind slab at the surface in most areas. NBF below the slab. Lots of localized cracking but terrain was not steep. In a more sheltered steep rollover found the same near ground crust which still carried some structure/integrity. Large facets above and below the crust. Isolated column produced no reaction