Grand Mesa

Avalanche

Dennis Lytle · Feb 7, 2019 · Grand Mesa

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Weather

Recent storm is clearing out with light snow today. Over 20 inches of snow has fallen at Powderhorn over the course of this storm that began very warm and wet and has since become extremely dry.

Snowpack

167 HS. HST down to 135. CT: CTM broke at 2, down to 120cm after new snow compressed or fell apart in CTE. 167-135 F, 135-105 4F, 105-50 1F with 4F at 81 cm, 50-0 F 167-135 HST dry, 135-80cm created compressed blocks, Persistent slab at 80 cm. Compacted snow to 50cm and faceted snow 50-0.

Avalanche

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