Front Range

Avalanche

Ron Simenhois · Apr 28, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Clearing skies and warming temperatures after ~4" of snow overnight. Temperatures were climbing to near freezing at around 11 AM -12 PM.

Snowpack

BTL on E-S aspects, the snowpack is isothermal but still has support under skies. On N-E aspects, the new snow is bonding well to the old snow. NTL and ATL on S aspect, the snowpack was between 95-190 cm where I probed, the new snow pilled easily on the old MFcr layer with ski cut on 30+ degrees slope. I dug where the snow depth was 150 cm or less. In these places, the snow was wet/moist throughout, with 30 cm old strong MFcr under the new snow and F-1F hard wet grain underneath.

Avalanche

Small wet/moist surface with ski cut on S aspect, 30+ degrees slope.