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Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Apr 5, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

Warm at valley bottom. Mostly cloudy and good breeze keeping snow surface cool.

Snowpack

Below treeline all aspects were trap door by 2pm. Near and above treeline on south slopes were kept cool by cloud cover and wind. Beeler cornice is larger than years past, west slopes reflect this as ridges are swept clean. South near treeline has moist snow through the snowpack with no percolation columns observed. Some pooling was observed at decomposing melt freeze crusts, however snow below this was already moist, so I don't believe we have Wet Slab conditions. No results in CT and ECTX. Snow on the road was depper than usual (between 5 and 7 feet). HS at Beeler Grade was 230cm, CDOT sonar was completely buried.