Front Range

Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · May 2, 2019 · Front Range

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Weather

Sun effecting snow below treeline. Wind keeping surface cool near and above treeline. Clouds building and wind picking up through day.

Snowpack

Snow cover between 5 and 15 feet on road way. HS at nearby Lake Irene snotel 77 inches. Around 24 inches of storm snow rapidly settling with moderate drifting and cornice forming above treeline. Snow surface becoming moist be afternoon. Small loose wet noted near treeline, numerous rollerballs actively moving below treeline on sunny slopes by afternoon.