Mt Field

Snowpack

grant ยท Dec 13, 2016

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Snowpack

Depth
180
Obs Type
point
Site Aspect
N
Site Elevation
2400
Test Initiation
none
Foot Penetration
40
Site Elevation Band
alp
Surface Conditions
newSnow

Profile at 2400 m on Mt Field snows a deep and well settled snowpack. There is an old surface hoar layer near the ground (October?), but this layer is very faceted and we could not get a result on any snowpack tests. No deep Nov crust present at this elevation.