Skied in to Gothic and met with Danny and Eli today. The Avi danger was down to a 2 (moderate) and my Garmin Inreach was along for the ride. The road to Gothic had decent tracks, but had not been groomed since the recent dump that Crested Butte had received. It took a little over 1.5 hours from leaving the trailhead till reaching Gothic and Crystal Cabin.
In the afternoon All three of us (Danny, Eli, and myself) skied out to Kettle Ponds Site. The two lowest two sonics on WU were buried as seen in the full picture of the site
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I cleaned the UW radiometer and wetness sensor. No climbing so the downwind radiometers will not be cleaned this trip
I decided to dig out the UW now 2m sonic (this was originally 1 meter, but moved up as the snow pack increased). Due to location of the EC100 box, and cables, there were few options. After some digging and cable repositioning, I was able to gain enough slack so that the 2 meter boom clamp could be moved to 2.5 meters.
Below shows the original location of the 2m boom - relative to the 3m boom (~1.02 meters below the 3m boom. measurements are from top of boom to top of boom)
Below shows the new location of now 2.5m boom - relative to the 3m boom (~0.52 meters below the 3m boom. Measurements are from top of boom to top of boom)
After adjustment, both of the lowest sonics are back out of the snowpack. On future trips, as the snow pack melts, this sonic boom and associated sonics can be put back to their original location.
While I was playing with Sonics, Danny and Eli were playing in the snow. They dug a snow pit and measured snow water content at various depths. The snow pits are now slightly over 1.6 meters deep.
