Front Range

Snowpack

Anonymous · Feb 20, 2011 · Front Range

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Weather

strong, gusty SW winds, partly cloudy, blowing snow, approx 25 degrees.

Snowpack

At treeline - very variable results on several hasty pits; 3-4" soft slab easy sheer/reactive (some minor cracking on this layer), 8-12" down - easy to moderate sheers, 20 - 24" down - easy to hard sheers, 1 ect propagation failure at 16 on 8" layer, compression test failure at 16 as well on same layer. Below treeline hard sheer result on single hasty pit.