Isolated Buried SH on the West Shore

Today I went out in search of buried Surface Hoar and facets in Blackwood Canyon. The spatial distribution of this layer was very limited. I was only able to find Buried SH in areas where it is preserved under 3-5cm of wind packed snow that was deposited during the East wind event on 11/26. These areas are very isolated to wind protected NE-NW aspects in untreed terrain where SH could have been formed and buried. Any location exposed to sun or east winds were observed to have warmed or stripped this layer. CTE results observed failing in the SH layer if there was enough wind board on top to crate a slab. ECT results did not propagate and showed BRK characteristics.