Front Range

Avalanche

Justin Napolitano · May 6, 2020 · Front Range

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Weather

25-30° until 11am. Low to no wind. Bring and sunny

Snowpack

Observation was made from 1km away - no direct assessment -zoomed pictures lost to substandard iphone camera

Avalanche

•Assumptions: -size D3 (500’ slide, 400’ deposition zone- deposition zone appears 2+meters thick/deep -3-4’ crown -broke down to ground level -wet slab stepped down to persistent slab •Observation Indicated: small amounts of cornice broke off and bounced approximately 250’ down slope leaving a bouncing trail without triggering a slide until the piece impacted an area with a shallow snowpack just below a exposed rock. The slide trigger to ground level with a 3-4’ crown. The deposition zone indicated a wet slab problem that stepped down to a persistent slab based on a tear drop deposition made of balls and chunks