Sawatch
SnowpackPatrick McKnight · Apr 17, 2021 · Sawatch
Weather
About 6cm of new snow, which started to get moist around 11am. Bkn to Ovc skies, with intermittent periods of S-1 snowfall. Observed air temp at 11600ft of -3.5C at 1245. Wind speeds were light from the west.
Snowpack
We traveled primarily on east and south faces. Snow softened up and we had good corn skiing on south aspects around noon. We observed small rollerballs but none gained much mass.