Front Range

Avalanche

Andrew Ogden · Feb 9, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

-9C; West M w/S gusts; S2+; OVC

Snowpack

No cracking or whumphing, ax or other obvious signs of instability Spx obs at 10,180, N aspect, 1430 HS225cm; HS24 10cm; Storm slab 225-185 F to 4F; consolidating persistent slab from last week's storm to 145 1F; thin layer of SH on top of 10cm P layer. No serious consolidation yet in Strom Slab; ragged releases on last week's snow (Q3). We were able to get clean releases of Persist Slab on buried SH (DDT M Q! SC) which showed propensity to propagate (ECT#29 dwn 80 on SH).

Avalanche

None observed