Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Feb 17, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

Patches of sun came and went. Winds remained fairly consistent and were moving snow even below treeline.

Snowpack

A pit on an east near treeline slope adjacent to the two paths consisted of 15cm of new snow over 155cm of rounds. These sit on 35cm of facets and depth hoar. The rounds were predominately 1 finger hard over the 4 finger soft facets. Test results: ECTP23 at the top of the facet layer. Variable trapdoor conditions were found below treeline on SE slopes.