Front Range

Snowpack

Luke Terstriep · Mar 9, 2016 · Front Range

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Weather

Weather this morning above 10,000 ft. was diverse: Mostly sunny in the AM. Plenty of solar radiation was getting through and warming surfaces up until 1100. Small WL and roller balls on sunnies. Clouds came in just before 1200 and moderate snow, S1-2 for several hours. ~3-5cm accumulation. Winds were Lt out of the W. Temps were in the upper 20's.

Snowpack

20-30 cm. Hst in most places. Bonded well to old surfaces and sluffing was minimal on slopes skied up to 45°, NE-SE aspects. E-S had already formed a weak sun crust by 1300.