Patrol Log for Saturday Jan. 8, 2000

Vehicle counts at 10:00 am

Lower Barber Lake- 0
Corner Mtn- 1 Skier
Little Laramie- 2 Skiers   1 Snowmobiler
East of Green Rock Picnic area- 11 Skiers     45 Snowmobilers
West of Green Rock-   4 Skiers     35 Snowmobilers

Vehicle counts at 3:00 pm

West of Green Rock- 3 Skiers     40 Snowmobilers
East of Green Rock-  7 Skiers    90 Snowmobilers
Little Laramie- 1 Skier    1 Snowmobiler
Corner Mtn- 2 Skiers
Lower Barber Lake- 0

Day Summary:
Arrived up at the Green Rock area to large crowds which only got larger as the day 
progressed.  We skied the Libby Creek loop with the intent of making some turns.  We dug a 
pit up near the top of Libby ridge, determined that the snow pack was stable enough to ski 
and descended.  We encountered only two other people on the Libby Creek loop.
Post lunch we decided to head up the Potholes route to the skiable glades.  We encountered 
noone else on that route.

Snow Data:
Temperature at Green Rock 1:00pm- 15 degrees
Snow Stake reading: 17 inches
   Pit data-
Elevation: about 9,900 feet on Libby ridge
Aspect: 140 degrees
Slope: 30 degree slope in very sparse timber
Conditions: clear skies and sunny, wind out of West

Total snow depth  64 cm

64-53cm:  fresh powder,  fist resistance

53-48cm:  ice layer, one gloved finger and harder

48-10cm:  fairly cohesive layer, 3-4 gloved fingers throughout the layer

10-9cm:  thin, hard layer

9-3cm: beginnings of faceted crystals

3-0cm: depth hoar

Rutschblock test:
  Did not produce a clean shear, however, failure occured with two people sans skis.