Sawatch

Snowpack

Matt Barrett · Mar 13, 2012 · Sawatch

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Weather

Hawaiian. Very warm, maybe 45F @12k ft. Calm wind.

Snowpack

N facing very wintery. Mid pack seems to be mostly bridged over lower pack. Still scary. S facing seems to be corn on top, but further investigation yields a crust-sandwich of a snowpack. Q1 shears about 30cm into the snowpack on a melt freeze crust, with near crust faceting above the crust. This was the problem layer on S facing. natural avalanches did not step below this.