Aspen

Avalanche

Blake Gordon · Mar 18, 2015 · Aspen

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Weather

Mostly clear skies. Warm throughout the day. Not much evidence of freezing the previous night except on northern aspects at higher elevations (>TL).

Avalanche

Saw numerous older slides (a week or more) on northerly aspects. Most crowns were not deep (12" or less). One slide had a 2-3ft crown. Also noted many more recent (past few days) smaller wet slides (primarily NE slopes) during our exit. The most prominent slide was a recent (3/15 or 3/16?) wet slide on a S-SE slope. It released from a rock band directly above it and ran the length of the slope (appx 600 ft)