Front Range

Avalanche

Jason Maurer · Mar 2, 2019 · Front Range

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Weather

Hidden Valley, 10,860ft, NE aspect. Light to moderate snowfall most of the day. Overcast skies, light winds out of the W/NW. Temps in the mid to upper 20's getting colder throughout the day.

Snowpack

Height of snowpack above 10k on N-NE aspects was around 188cm. Storm totals ranged from 17cm at the trail head to 35-40cm above trail ridge road. Storm came in right side up with light density snow falling onto 4F density base layer. Still seeing some localized cracking and storm slab activity while stomping on small test slopes and convex rolls above 35 degrees.

Avalanche

None observed