Sawatch

Avalanche

John Mackinnon · Feb 22, 2018 · Sawatch

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Weather

Overcast, very light snow, cold temperatures and moderate ridge-top winds from the NW.

Snowpack

Observed light blowing snow at ridge-tops from the NW. Found ~15 cm of storm snow from the recent storms on a semi-supportive crust on S and sun-exposed E aspects below TL. We observed no signs of instabilities while riding or breaking trail on N, S and E aspects near and below TL.

Avalanche

We did not observe any recent avalanches.