Essential for anyone interested in the properties and behavior of the all-important snow crystal, the Backcountry Access Snow Study Kit will give you key info for snowpack evaluation. With a calibratible thermometer, magnifying loupe, slope meter, and aluminum crystal card, you have a great start to snow study. Whether gearing up to get serious about your beloved snow worship or getting in-depth for backcountry travel and safety, this kit lets you look at crystal type and size to determine properties of precipitation, a slope meter to measure steepness, and thermometer to track temperature changes, all of which can help determine stability or slide potential. For further recording, get your hands on a field book and see how the whole season takes shape.• Calibratible thermometer with range of -58 to 392 Degrees F (-50 to 200 Celsius)
• Slope meter with 0 to 60-degree angle range
• Glass 10X magnifying loupe
• Aluminum 6 by 4-inch crystal card
• Card includes snow-grain classifications, slope angel map tool, and 1 to 3-millimeter grids