Aspen

Snowpack

Greg Shaffran · Dec 11, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear skies with light north winds. Some snow transport was visible coming off the high peaks and ridges. Air temp was mid-high 20's F.

Snowpack

We toured from 8800' to 10600' crossing SW-W-NW aspects. Average HS was around 50cm, with a low below 40cm and a high near 70cm. The snowpack essentially consisted of snow from the past two storms only. The lower half of the snowpack was faceted 4F snow likely deposited during the Nov 15 event, and the upper half was a 4F-1F snow from the Dec 4 event. The snowpack was shallow, but supportive (20cm Ski Pen) and made for great skiing.