Front Range
AvalancheDaniel Reisbeck · Dec 29, 2016 · Front Range
Weather
It was sunny and already ~ 20F this morning around 9am at 11k. Winds had already subsided with lighter gusts to maybe 15mph.
Snowpack
Everything was pretty windhammered today with a suncrust already developing on solar aspects. I didn't get anywhere near the actual slide area. I can't speak to the snow up a bit higher and on that Easterly aspect.
Avalanche
"Gumlick" Zone just South of the main Jones Pass drainage. Crown is at ~12.5k. East to Northeast aspect. Looks like a natural, no sled or ski tracks could be seen but the wind scouring would make tracks very difficult to identify. Hardslab than ran down to a bench. Probably ran ~ 500ft might be 700ft across.