Front Range

Avalanche

Lucas Mouttet · Nov 11, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

Moderate winds from East/Northeast at ridgeline. Temp: 15F at 11,000 feet

Snowpack

hasty pit at 11,400feet on crown small avalanche since larger one on S Diamond Face. See pic for general snowpack obs. HS 125cm HN 0cm small avalanche was upper wind slab running on old snow layer (4F)

Avalanche

Observed recent (maybe day-of or day-old) D1.5 Wind Slab. 10meter wide, 30cm deep average. Estimating HS-ASu-R1-D1.5-O Wind slab ran on previous storm snow, with NSF at interface. Crown profile produced ECTP11 SC at 25cm from top. See pic - red line is new crown with green line crown from 2018/11/07.