Aspen

Avalanche

Morgan Boyles · Dec 17, 2019 · Aspen

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Weather

Blue sky, blue kickwax

Snowpack

HS 80-140cm, ski pen 20cm, boot pen 45cm, many settlement cones. The midpack slab on top of the depth hoar is growing thicker. A quick pit at 11,800' on a N aspect just above treeline adjacent to an old avalanche in McArthur bowl had ETCP 14 & 16 down 90cm failing on top of 36cm of depth hoar. A faint layer down 37cm also failed in my first test but I could not repeat any results. This is a wind affected slope.

Avalanche

Many avalanches from the Dec 14/15 cycle see photos. Slide in McArthur bowl may be older crown and debris were very filled in but still had visible HS chunks.