Aspen

Snowpack

blase reardon · Mar 11, 2014 · Aspen

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Weather

Valley fog, broken skies, snow squalls, winds doing a dosie-do around the compass.

Snowpack

Sunny slopes: 5-8 cm PP over MF crusts of varying thicknesses. Cracking under crust where thinner. Shady slopes: soft slab 15-20 cm thick composed of Friday and Tuesday's storm snow. Sensitive & cracking easily on unsupported steep tests slopes. ECTN6 but slab too soft for very meaningful tests. 5 PSTs on deeper PWLs (down 55-60 and 95-100) w various column lengths only propagated when cut within final 10-15 cm of column end. Obvious buried SH layer observed here 2 weeks ago indistinct. ECTX on same layers.