Front Range
SnowpackRich Rogers · Dec 9, 2024
Weather
Low cloud ceiling, temps. dropped 20º-14º from 9am-2pm, calm in the AM then light North breeze mid-day, snowing(S2, S2+), new snow measured 6in.
Snowpack
Generally right-side-up" with 60-80cm avg. depth. 6+ inches of new snow fell on top of a brittle windboard(thickness varies over terrain) that formed during a wind event after the Thanksgiving week storm(4-6in). Thanksgiving week storm fell on a now decomposing melt-freeze crust that formed after the big early November upslope storm(2.5-3.5ft) which fell on mostly bare ground over the Pikes Peak massif.