We skied the Libby Creek Trail on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny 40°F day with no wind. The trail is in good condition, e.g. no rocks showing. Softer snow for turns could be found in the shady areas, but sunny areas were crusty and not much fun to ski. Although there were 30 cars in the Green Rock parking lot, there were only 5-6 people on the Libby Creek Trail.
45 77059 E
Elevation: 9,953 ft
Sunny day with no wind.
Total Snow Depth: 42”
Slope Angle: 20 degrees SE facing
Snow Pit Data
20-23” fist hardness with sunbaked crust on top, -3°C
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18-20” 2 finger hardness, -6°C
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14-18” soft layer, fist hardness, crystals smaller than 2mm,
-6°C
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12-14” hard layer, 1 finger hardness, -5°C
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8-12” soft layer, 3 finger hardness, 2mm+
crystals, late stages of ET, -3°C
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6-8” hard pack layer, 1 finger hardness, -5°C
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0-6” depth hoar, fist hardness, large rounded 2mm crystals,
-5°
C at ground
The snow pack failed with hard pressure at
the 2nd hard layer from the top.
The next failure was at the depth hoar layer with more
pressure.
Car Count
AM Corner
Mnt: 1 Little
PM Corner
Mnt: 0 Little