Sawatch

Snowpack

Ian Hoyer ยท Jan 21, 2017

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Weather

Patchy clouds, with a thick bank moving in around 2 pm. Very light snowfall started at the same time. Light winds mid-day.

Snowpack

Extremely variable snow in the top 1-2 ft of the snowpack. Suncrust, windcrust, powder, several layers of surface hoar and near surface facets. There is also 1-10 mm surface hoar on top of the new snow.