Aspen

Avalanche

John Galvin · Jan 23, 2017 · Aspen

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Snowpack

the lines we skied were stable, powder on north through east, south faces were already crusty from solar and refreezing.

Avalanche

We couldn’t get any reactions from cornice releases off the ridge on the east side, we did crack a few small wind slabs but they didn’t move very far down slope. There was a few natural surface sluffs, but we couldn’t trigger anything that would run far and only on the surface