Steamboat & Flat Tops

Snowpack

Dan Edmiston · Dec 15, 2011 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Air temp in columbine @8am was zero*F. Low clouds early on with clearing by noon.

Snowpack

Pit dug on lee WNW aspect at 10,200ft showed ~75cm. 0-8cm was knife hard melt/freeze(?). 8-10cm was 4F facets of unknown size. 10-45cm was 4F wind slab. 45-63cm was fist hard crap. 63-68cm 4F wind slab. 68-75cm was new snow that wasn't bonding to the underlying snowpack. On the skin up, there were areas of fresh snow sitting on facets(?) and with only 20cms coverage in places made for some tricky skinning.