Front Range

Avalanche

Anonymous · Jan 27, 2023 · Front Range

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Weather

Periods of moderate to heavy snow. Moderate winds.

Snowpack

10-40 cm of new snow on top of variety of surfaces, from firm slab at tree line, softer slab below, to sun crust at lower elevation sunny aspects.

Avalanche

Soft slab avalanche below tree line at about 10800ft. Skier triggered by ski cutting adjacent smaller slope. It was about 80ft wide and ran about 100 vertical ft, with about 40-50 cm crown. Nobody was caught or injured.