Grand Mesa

Snowpack

Polly Layton, Brandon Levy · Dec 13, 2020 · Grand Mesa

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Weather

Sunny, calm day.

Snowpack

30-70cm 6% unconsolidated snowpack with no wind effect most places. Slightly wind pressed 4Fsnow on exposed ridges and open areas. A 10cm crust well bonded to the ground exists with 20cm of 4F snow graduating to 20cm of F snow makes up a majority of the snow pack. A thin lens crust at the old snow/HST interface exists in places and is prevalent on North facing slopes. Snow profile observation dug in the most wind effected area we could find, revealed a 1F-P crust still sits 10-20cm off the ground in places, but is extremely inconsistent even within the same pit.