Front Range

Snowpack

Colin Wann · Dec 20, 2016 · Front Range

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Weather

BTL was calm and comfortable. Gusty winds starting at NTL elevations was moving snow on the surface. Ridgetop winds were pluming what snow was left after a few days of blowing. Mostly clear skies with the high peaks holding cloud bands all day.

Snowpack

Very sheltered areas still held soft snow, but it was the exception, with most snow now hardened by wind. Lots of drummy areas with pencil hard slabs billowed in leeward pockets. The Wind Slabs varied in thickness from windskin to bottomless hardslab ATL.