Weak snow in Taylor Fork
Date
Activity
Snowmobiling
Rode in to put up the Taylor Fork weather station on Pika Point. Coverage on the road down low is thin, but just barely doable.
Dug a pit on an E aspect in Sunlight Basin at ~9500 ft. The entire two foot deep snowpack was weak and faceted. Even the new snow that fell last weekend is beginning to facet and surface hoar is growing on top. The slab has broken down enough that we couldn't get it propagate in an ECT (ECTN17 & ECTX) and the slab fractured in a PST (PST15/100 SF). We also dug a quick pit on the headwall in Carrot Basin and found a similarly weak ~2ft deep snowpack.
The chief concern right now would be finding a spot that does have an intact slab, most likely in a windloaded area.
Region
Southern Madison
Location (from list)
Taylor Fork
Observer Name
Ian Hoyer