Front Range

Avalanche

Matt House · Jan 27, 2019 · Front Range

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Weather

Clouds blowing by very quickly but we barely felt any wind in this zone (faces SE/E). I believe the wind was coming from the W/NW. Some small snow showers blew in and the sun was out intermittently. I think temps were in the 20s.

Snowpack

Did not dig a pit. There was a couple inches of fresh snow on top of other recent fresh snow. This specific area gets a lot of sun exposure. Possible wind loading and sun crust layers in the Tea Cup Bowl area.

Avalanche

SE facing middle (lookers) left path of Tea Cup Bowl. I was traversing across the top of the bowl when it let loose in what looked to be the steepest part of that bowl. Crown looked like about 4-8in from where I took pics. Looked like R1 D1.