Tamarack Pit Results

Toured up Tamarack today and dug a pit between Proletariat and the summit on a northern aspect at about 9600' elevation. 

On the way up the standard skin track we felt significant collapse and whump once. Snow was noticeably upside-down, especially in wind-affected areas with heavy snow on top of lighter layers. Northern and eastern aspects were both significantly wind textured, and both touring and skiing we encountered mixed conditions with ski penetration from centimeters to feet. 

Extended column test yielded result ECTN19 at 40cm below the surface. I gave the column a few more taps and it propagated ECTP23 on the same density change.

Snow density went from four fingers hardness at the surface to fist hardness at 40cm to 60cm depth, one finger to the bottom of our 150cm pit.

Shout out to NDOT for dealing with multiple accidents on mt rose hwy over the last 48 hours.