Front Range

Snowpack

This Dustin Eldridge · Mar 15, 2013 · Front Range

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Weather

Clear, warm, and breezy with strong ridge top winds. Temp. measured at 11:45 am at 12,000 ft was 1.8 celsius.

Snowpack

HS=185 cm. Softer snow from last weekend's storm went down to about 145 cm where the snowpack became a mix of more consolidated and wind-affected crystals. This continued down to around 75 cm. Compression test 1: CTH(29) Q1:sc at 75cm. Test 2: CTE (7) Q2:rp at 150 cm, CTM(16) Q3 at 75cm. ECTX.