Front Range

Snowpack

Anonymous · May 19, 2011 · Front Range

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Weather

Cloudy, Intermittent snow which was heavy at times. Temperature was right above freezing, I believe.

Snowpack

We were descending from Flattop to Bear Lake via a chute above the lake. Rider #1 descended the slide while rider #2 stood in a safe zone above. The avalanche was triggered at rider #1's feet. Upon triggering the avalanche, rider #1 quickly made it to his safe zone. Debris went thru a stand of aspen trees which could have injured the rider. We had seen no signs of instability in our 6-hour tour.