Front Range

Avalanche

Valerie Terrill · Mar 13, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Overcast/Obscured. Light wind from East/Southeast. Air Temp 22 Degrees F. Slope angle 32 degrees. Light to moderate snowfall, graupel. Elevation 10,590. Location: see above, east aspect.

Snowpack

Depth 141 cm. See attached figure, below. Compression test: 16 cm from surface, fractured at three elbow taps (after 10 wrist taps). Fracture character: sudden collapse, resistant planar. At 111 cm from surface, sudden collapse after six firm taps from whole arm. Fracture character: resistant planar

Avalanche

none seen.