Front Range
SnowpackRyan Zarter · Dec 20, 2024 · Front Range
Weather
FEW clouds with moderate northwesterly winds and temperatures around freezing.
Snowpack
The layer of concern is a melt-freeze crust above facets and about a foot below the snow surface. There is a 1F hard slab on top of this layer combo. I had repeatable ECTP results from the elbow below the melt-freeze crust. There are a couple of other crust-facet combo layers towards the bottom of the snowpack They are currently less concerning than the weak interface higher in the snowpack, however if we see a significant loading event they could easily become problematic as well. The snowpack below treeline was supportive to travel on skis, which made for easier travel than I expected. That said, there isn't really a slab below treeline in this area.