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Snowpack

Aspen Expeditions · Feb 6, 2013 · Aspen

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Weather

Cool temps at 6:30am with rapid solar warming. -2C at 10:00am at 11,600. Calm winds with mostly clear skies.

Snowpack

HS varied from 60-120cm. North aspects BTL had fully faceted snowpack with about 10cm of mixed forms near the surface. Fist hardness from surface to ground. Sheltered areas have surface faceting occurring last few nights. Snowpack is fully un-supportive with no slab formation. Caution on steep terrain is needed to avoid dry loose snow avalanching. Near and above treeline there is isolated 1F windslab on exposed areas. Anything on the southern half of the compass at and below treeline has a sun crust forming at the surface.