MAIN RANGE NSW:
RECENT OBSERVATIONS
UPDATED: 25TH/ JUNE /2018
REPORT CONFIDENCE: STRONG
CURRENT UNTIL: 29th / JUNE/ 2018
OBSERVATION SUMMARY
TREND: IMPROVING / ONGOING / DETERIORATING
Here's the latest and greatest from Adam fresh in from the Guthega side.
Did some digging on a South East aspect @ 1729m.
nowpack depth 59cm.
Had hard results on hand shear tests from 1680 to 1800m. these varied from 10cm planar results to 33cm breaks
The snow pack has a 2cm melt freeze layer.
Buried surface hoar is present at 16cm, 21cm and 31cm.
We were getting easy results on the bond above the surface hoar @ 16cm.
and medium results on the surface hoar @ 22cm.
See results below
CTE 3 SP @ 16 cm on Surface hoar
CTM 13 SP @ 22cm on surface hoar
Layer of concern is the interface at 33cm.
We will continue to monitor the buried surface hoar.
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And some casual obs from Mel Clarke (Via Instagram) that sums it up: Surprisingly good. Snow all the way down to Dead Horse Gap/Cascades trail head (~1500m), so no hiking required. There are still plenty of patches of nice snow on leeward sides for good turns and it must've stayed pretty cool up there all week, as there's no sign of the usual melt/freeze cycle. No major wind slabs, either. Once there's a bit of extra snow to cover up some more rocks, it'll be perfect.
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