Sangre de Cristo
AvalancheScott Toepfer · Mar 6, 2015 · Sangre de Cristo
Weather
Blue bird day
Snowpack
Lot more snow down to valley floor on east side, Conquistador ski area looked fat. West side snow line above 9,000 ft as an early estimate.
Avalanche
The recorded slabs on east side of range, from Rio Alto south to Hermit, Eureka to Adams Peak, generally around 12,600 to 12,800 feet in elevation. (West of Westcliff). These all started well below ridge crests. My guess is all Persistent Slabs, NE to E aspects. One slab above Conquistador was below TL on a cross loaded path.