Front Range

Snowpack

Anonymous · Feb 17, 2012 · Front Range

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Weather

Windy, blustery, blowing snow

Snowpack

Near and above treeline, very reactive 4" wind slabs. Shooting cracks in the wind slab were very reactive. We ended up skinning back down into the trees which were less wind affected and skied those. The concern was triggering a large fracture in the wind slab and having the added weight step down into deeper layers.