Front Range

Avalanche

Joey Thompson · Jan 23, 2016 · Front Range

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Weather

Warming trend in place, light with moderate gusts winds from the west, sky was mostly sunny, and NO precipitation.

Snowpack

Shovel tilt tests showing sensitive sheers on mid January facets and recent snow interface in upper levels of snowpack. Strong over weak structure exists top to bottom in the entire snowpack on N-NE-E-SE-S, @ and Below Treeline we observed this traveling in the Chaos and Tyndall drainages in RMNP.

Avalanche

Several wet loose (R1-D1) releases on Southerly BTL below rock outcropping and being triggered from tree bombs.