Sangre de Cristo
AvalancheAusten Beason · Dec 22, 2020
Weather
Started sunny and warm, with winds and cloud cover increasing significantly after 12:00 pm. In clouds from 13,000’ up.
Snowpack
Snowpack was variable, discontinuous and wind blasted at and above tree line with wind slabs/features pencil to knife hard and 1-2 feet thick. Punchy on the margins with up to 6” of 1-2mm facets below. Below tree line, snowpack was almost entirely melted on southern aspects, and dense recycled powder elsewhere. We had several large whoomphs below tree line, none above tree line.
Avalanche
None observed or signs of recent activity.