Medicine Bow Nordic Ski Patrol
Patrol Log:  Sun. January 17, 2016  Chris Laursen


On Sunday Jan. 17th Chris Laursen skied the 'Ladies Downhill' out of Green Rock recreation area off of the Libby Creek trail and has these conditions to report: I found a significant amount of new snowfall this Sunday around the Green Rock area with a busy parking lot. Although there was a decent amount of new snow, trail conditions were excellent; packed from both skiers and snowshoers. With the significant amount of new snow I expected to also find heightened avalanche conditions, and observed at one point shooting cracks from our ski tracks on a lower angle slope. A snow pit was dug on a west facing, 26° slope at the top of ladies downhill at 12:15 pm and resulted in a 140cm deep snowpack. The pit was in a wind loaded area, typical of that spot. My extended column test resulted in a ECTP7 Q1 at 60 cm from the top on a thin layer between two windslabs. The air temperature was -2° C, and the snow surface temperature was -6° C. At that time skies were overcast, snowfall was moderate, and winds were moderate coming from the west.



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