Aspen

Avalanche

blase reardon Jason Konigsberg · Feb 24, 2018 · Aspen

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Weather

FLurries increasing during the day. Mostly S-1. Some brief S1. Squally. Cold NW wind near ridgeline. Some light drifting. Skies alternately broken or obscured.

Snowpack

Surprisingly deep, but generally softer than other areas in Aspen Zone. Fits w general pattern of worse DH layer as move west in Vail/ Summit zone. Most significant potential failure plane is early season DH and FC, despite a few planar shears elsewhere in snowpack in some tests. No collapses or cracking. Snowpack on N-E aspects definitely a different beast.

Avalanche

SLide from 2/17 on N face of Charles Peak. Fresher slide on east side of Prospect Peak.