Sawatch

Snowpack

Troy Halm · Dec 30, 2011 · Sawatch

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Weather

Sunny with the temperature around 30 degrees before windchill. Gusty wind blowing from the west.

Snowpack

Below treeline about 6-18 inches of mostly power with some areas with a hard packed surface. Above treeline snow pack was shaped by the wind with most surfaces with <6in of snow. There are sparse pockets of snow created by wind with 2+ ft. of hard slab snow on a foundation of powder.