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December 24, 2017

Snodgrass Obs

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 12/24/2017
Name: AT

Subject: Snodgrass Obs
Aspect: North East, East
Elevation: 10,400

Avalanches:

None

Weather: Clear skies in AM becoming cloudier
Snowpack: On the uptrack wind deposited areas had as much as 12″ of storm snow on top of the faceted base. Wind scoured areas had in the 2-3″ range. On descent we produced some shooting cracks in an areas with over 12″ of wind deposited snow.

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