Aspen

Snowpack

Polly Layton · Feb 1, 2021 · Aspen

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Weather

Sunny changing to high overcast by 12pm. Temperatures just below freezing with calm winds.

Snowpack

80 to 150cm of snow. 60cm of HST over the last week sits on weak faceted snow. The Jan 19 layer in the profile has no obvious distinction from facets below here. Test results were ECTPV down 60cm on 1mm facets. The recent avalanche on the adjacent slope had partially run earlier this year. Any slope over 25 degrees on this aspect had multiple cracks down to the facets running across the entire slope. The adjacent avalanche broke on the facets down 60 and easily scrubbed to ground in places in the 80cm of faceted snow below.