Aspen

Avalanche

Sam Coffey · Feb 11, 2018 · Aspen

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Weather

sunny, no wind, 24 degrees Aspen Mountain backcountry, North/East facing, 11k~feet

Snowpack

18 inches of new snow. wind loaded

Avalanche

Storm Slab, did not step down to old layers, approximately 50 feet wide and ran about 300 feet long. R2. We stopped above a suspect roll over, it whumpfed right as we stopped, and then fractured at the roll over about 15 feet below us.