BC Zone Observation Report
Monday, December 26, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Aspen
Details
Date:
2022/12/26
Observer:
Dylan Craaybeek
Organization:
Forecaster, CAIC
Location
BC Zone:
Aspen
Area Description:
Hunter Creek, Van Horn Park
Weather
Weather Description:
Above freezing temperatures all morning and mostly Broken sky coverage. Calm wind with an occasional Light gust.
Snowpack
Snowpack Description:
The height of snow averaged around 50-80cm with most southerly slopes around 20-40 degrees in steepness melted mostly to the ground with discontinuous snow coverage consisting of melt-freeze crusts (MFcr) on the surface. Snowpack tests continue to show propagating failures on the mid-November dry spell persistent weak layer but typically failing around 20-30 taps. The slab showed obvious signs of faceting but remained 1F hard (on the hand hardness scale) at the bottom of the slab on most slopes facing west to north through east with a highly spatially variable slab on southeast aspects below the treeline.
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