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Avalanche

Ben Pritchett · Dec 5, 2020 · Aspen

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Weather

Warm temperatures, calm winds.

Snowpack

We found highly variable, soft wind-textured snow surfaces. Average snowpack depth ranged from one and half feet on east to south facing slopes, with and average just over two feet deep on north to east-facing slopes. The snowpack remains essentially right-side-up, with denser stiffer snow near the ground and weaker faceted snow near the snow surface. Ski penetration averaged ~4 to 6 inches deep. In shallowly snow-coved wind-swept areas the snowpack was less supportive with ski penetration to the ground.

Avalanche

Mid morning we watched a few cinnamon rolls come out of southeast facing cliffs.