Layers of snow about 50' down from off ridge just west of Tincan Proper
Depth of snow a the pit site, over 300cm.
Compresion test. Failed at 10 wrist, + 3 elbow on what looks like a suncrust with ~10" of windblown on top of it
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Tincan Proper
One of the spines just below Tincan Proper. About 50′ off the ridge on the S.
aspect. Dug the pit just below some rocks so the representation of snowpack
may not be consistent with other parts of the spine. Probe said snow was ~315
cm. Did a compression test on a column in a pit about 4′ deep. Appeared the
new 10-12″ of windblown snow from the last few days failed on a sun crust at 10
wrist, plus 3 elbow. Lots of layers below the sun crust and I assume more at
even deeper levels. 3:30pm, ~25 degrees F, sunny all day, wind was gusting up
to about 15mph from various directions.