Front Range

Avalanche

Andrew Ogden · Mar 10, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

South side of Dream Lake, N aspect, 9,120', west end of lake between Dream Chute and Otis Redding. -0.1C, BKN, S-1, L-Mod/W.

Snowpack

HS 205, HN24 10cm, HST 10cm. Layers of significance include 10cm new (F) over 10cm (4F) (20180223), 20cm (1F) over 5cm layer small FC (4F). CTE (9) Q1/RP dwn 20cm on thin layer FC; CTM (15) down 40cm on FC layer. ECTN (10) down 20 on FC. DH bottom 20cm spx. Reactivity in upper spx suggests caution with stiffening storm slab/wind slab.

Avalanche

Small stuffs in very steep terrain.