Aspen
Quick reportCarly Valerious · Mar 11, 2026 · Aspen
Weather
very warm and sunny. Moderate gusts of wind that felt stronger later in the day.
Snowpack
Snowpack tests consistently showed the ability to propagate a failure across columns on west, northwest, and northeast facing slopes on hard taps and all failing on the same two layers. I also saw propagation in a snowpack test on a north facings slope, but on a deeper layer than those of the other aspects. On all of these slopes there was melt freeze crusts of varying thickness and strength. The slab was very broken up with multiple melt-freeze crusts, making it so avalanches are not very concerning here right now, but will be worth keeping an eye on this poor structure for wet avalanche issues later this week.