Steamboat & Flat Tops

Avalanche

Robert Coppolillo · Jan 25, 2019 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

S-1 most of day. L wind out of SW and L blosno above 9400. Obscured sky with a 15-minute period of broken sky. Wx obs taken on W/SW aspects below Little Agnes. Ambient temp not taken but leather gloves freezing on last climb and drive out--cold with wind chill!

Snowpack

35HST with minimal settlement throughout day. L blosno moving snow from SW aspects to N and NE. 4F wind slabs at 9900 feet but only cracking around skis. Not a single whumpf from County Road 433 up to 9900 bump (surprising!). Very deep in spots, approx 50cm skipen average. Bootpen bottomless. Quick pit dug at 9400ft, west aspect below 9900 bump. HS 200cm, HST 35cm, CTE down 35cm and 37cm simultaneously, SC on SH.

Avalanche

None observed but visibility obscured above 10,200 ft. Not much terrain observed.