Aspen

Avalanche

Kreston Rohrig · Dec 7, 2021 · Aspen

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Weather

Mostly cloudy with light winds

Snowpack

20-60cm of mostly faceted, weak snow. Poking around easterly aspects below treeline, there is a nasty layer of stout surface hoar sitting below the recent couple inches of snow from last night. This set up lacks any significant slab at the moment, but will surely be problematic if this next storm produces.

Avalanche

We were able to initiate very small "sluffs" on steeper pitches, likely failing on the buried surface hoar and gouging into the weaker facets below.