November 20th, 202111/20/2021 Returned to Cardiff because it’s the only game in town except for the closed resorts. Dug a snow pit at 10,200ft N facing and protected, the bottom 16 inches is still pretty solid with the snow at the ground still damp. The upper foot or so is a mixture of faceted snow and the new graupel that fell today. There is a layer of faceted snow that used to be a crust about a foot down that might be an active weak layer when more weight is added. The layer of graupel might slow down the faceting process on the surface but if we don’t get more snow to insulate it the faceting will continue.
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