Front Range
SnowpackBrian Lazar · Nov 6, 2015 · Front Range
Weather
Cold, breezy, overcast, and light to moderate snow during the whole tour. Sun would poke out here and there, but wintery day with low visibility for nearly the entire tour.
Snowpack
Generally thin snowpack, but a good start to the season if we continue to get ample snowfall quickly. All the terrain BTL, nearly all terrain NTL, and most of the terrain ATL has 30-50cm of recent storm snow lying over bare ground. The storm came in right-side up with dense snow making up the bottom ~10cm and lighter F snow for the remainder. Primary hazard is hitting shallowly buried obstacles. The coverage looks good with ample recent HST, but it looks much better than it is. Still thin, especially BTL.