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Avalanche

Aidan Goldie · Dec 12, 2020 · Aspen

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Weather

20201212 1145 Marble Bowl 10,600 ft East Aspect OVC S2 HS: 75 cm Tair: 15 deg F Wind: West Moderate

Snowpack

HS: 75 cm HST: ~24 cm (variable because of wind transport) Moderate to intense snow transport Eastern Aspect 10,600 ft

Avalanche

NE Aspect, SS, N, R1D0.5 (see picture) Seemed to be on a layer of buried facets and surface hoar. Cold clear nights may have led to a surface hoar event most prominent on the bottom of valleys and gulleys. Not a large amount of snow moved but in a consequential terrain trap.