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On a mountainside near Leadville, Colorado, this week, Greene dug a pit into the snow and scooped out snow crystals that he scattered across a plastic blue card. “It's so beautiful,” he said ...

tosses snow from a demonstration snow pit Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Leadville, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson) Depth hoar, a crystalized, weak layer of snow, is seen Wednesday, March 5 ...

On a mountainside near Leadville, Colorado, this week, Greene dug a pit into the snow and scooped out snow crystals that he scattered across a plastic blue card. “It's so beautiful,” he said ...

“It's so beautiful,” he said, referring to a layer of snow turned to ice crystals, which under certain conditions can create weak layers prone to avalanche. Such surveys are an essential part ...