Front Range

Snowpack

Brian Lazar · Jan 16, 2015 · Front Range

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Weather

WINDY! Only light blowing snow as there was very little left to blow. Mountain wave cloud set up righ over the Continental Divide making for mostly cloudy skies from the divide to the east. To the west the sky was mostly sunny. Warm, but didn't feel like it with the wind and cloud blockign the sun.

Snowpack

Highly wind affected. Lots of bare ground separating areas with wind drifted snow. More continuous snow cover on east facing slopes ATL. Could see plumes blowing off ridges ATL. Blowing snow was loading high elevation, leeward slopes. Stiff slabs drifted into gully features. No signs of instability. Surface conditions are either wind blasted/scoured, or ~5cm of NSFs in more sheltered areas.