Front Range

Avalanche

Austin DiVesta · Dec 24, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Windy and snowy for the entire day.

Snowpack

Obvisous signs of unsable snow all day on all aspect. Mostly confined to the new snow/old snow interace. Localized cracking and collapsing under skis. No formal pits were dug, but a hand pit looked to reveal the new snow has come in right-side-up meaning denser snow on bottom and ligher snow on top. Southerly slopes are starting to gain a snowpack with this storm which varies from 20cm to 50cm. While more northerly slopes are now sitting closer to a meter of snow.

Avalanche

2 avalanches off of No Name Bench on Berthoud Pass. One looks to be remotely triggered by a rider which sympathicly released another avalanches about a 100ft away on a northeast slope. The second avalanche looks to be natural on a northeast slope as well.