Front Range

Snowpack

Amy Farnham · Feb 16, 2011 · Front Range

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Weather

Temps below zero today, though yesterday's warmup created some MF on solar aspects and below TL. Steady winds from the SW-W-NW were moving what little snow remained available in the alpine.

Snowpack

Hard windslabs near and above TL. Some soft slabs below TL. Crusts exist on a variety of aspects, though some protected E'ly slopes below TL have NSF and no crust. N and NE aspects winterlike. A surface hoar layer found down 64cm on a NE aspect at TL proved reactive