Front Range

Avalanche

Anonymous · Jan 7, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

WNW winds, partly cloudy. East Portal of Moffett Tunnel Area.

Snowpack

2-3" New Snow, plus several inches of wind loaded snow. Large weak layer over a stronger mid layer, over a large, weak base layer. E Aspect

Avalanche

The avalanche was triggered today at about 2 or 2:30pm. I cut into the south facing edge of this East facing chute entrance, it broke on the persistent slab, but slid with the nature of a loose, dry slide. No one was caught or buried, I was easily able to ski out of the slide path when it triggered. We would categorize this as an R3 D1.5.