Front Range

Snowpack

Aaron Parmet · Dec 15, 2013 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Surface winds NW 10G20 air temp -6C

Snowpack

windslab over facets on 10ft E-SE 8ft vertical test slope (HS 120cm) at treeline convex rollover 42deg into a concave compression. ski pen 3cm. 4 skiers jumped in unison multiple times to no effect. boot pen 80cm immediate weak layer failure at upon one boot penetrating loud whoompf with cracks shooting up to 75ft along the length of the embankment. the slab did not move. three additional incidents of skier initiated collapsing notedwhile skinning through flat areas around 11500-12000ft in atlantic bowl