Aspen

Snowpack

John Snook · Dec 20, 2012 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cold morning, warmed to about mid-teens under abundant sunshine.

Snowpack

No signs of instability near or below treeline, except one skier-triggered slide initiated in shallow snowpack in vicinity of rock band. Lots of evidence of older slide activity near ridgeline. Steep, wind-loaded slopes above treeline that had not slid previously looked like areas to avoid. NW-N winds overnight created some fresh windload on lee slopes above treeline.