Front Range

Snowpack

Kelly Lawrence · Feb 5, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Minimal wind (contrary to what NOAA predicted) at and below TL. Light blowing snow and light wind. Didn't use any tools to measure wind speed, but would guess it wasn't more than 10mph at and below TL from ~10am-2pm. Wind out of E/NE.

Snowpack

6-12in of wind slab. Less evidence of w slab the lower we were towards the road. W slab at treeline was very reactive. As I approached TL there were some shooting cracks (terrain is too low angle for them to propagate far/slide). W aspect @ 11,465-11803ft in that open run above the parking lot. Didn't go above TL. Pretty low visibility. But didn't pay enough attention to how much snow accumulated. Snowfall was pretty steady from ~10am-2pm, but seemed to be increasing when we left around 3pm.