Grand Mesa

Snowpack

Northwest through east aspects, HS averaged 50cm. Upper 15 cm of snowpack contained surface hoar and low density, small surface facets. Midpack of rounds and small facets from Nov 9-11 storm. Mid pack was supportive to travel on with skis or snowshoes. Lower snowpack was a mix of depth hoar and old MF crusts. Variable snowpack depths on southerly aspects with and average HS around 10-15cm. Found a mostly continuous snowpack on the south aspects in all but the steepest terrain.