Medicine Bow Nordic Ski Patrol
Patrol Log: Sunday, November 17, 2002: B. Howell
On Nov. 17, 2002 at 4:00 PM I dug a snow pit at NAD 13T 0397549 4576870,
roughly 30 ft west of the Dec. 7 one, at the west end of the same clearing.
Slope 15-20 deg. facing 134 deg. (SE). Air temperature -5C. Cloudy Snow
depth 36 cm.
# Height Temp Layer comments Hardness Snow grain structure
(cm) (C)
---- 36---------------------------------------------------------------
5 30 -3.5 fresh powder fist 0.7 mm fresh crystals
---- 29---------------------------------------------------------------
4 packed powder 3 finger 0.7 mm slightly rounded
---- 20---- -2.5 -----------------------------------------------------
3 packed powder 2 finger 0.7 mm slightly rounded
---- 11---------------------------------------------------------------
2 10 -1 4 finger 2 mm depth hoar
---- 3---------------------------------------------------------------
1 0 +0.5 icy 2 finger 3 mm faceted but more cemented
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