Front Range
SnowpackDominic Rickicki · Mar 1, 2023 · Front Range
Weather
Light s -1 snow throughout the day with decent but kind of poor vis. Our skin track had a skiff of snow on it when we exited out for the day. Calm winds all day.
Snowpack
Below treeline showed no signs of wind affect, new snow was light and fluffy here. Near and above treeline showed signs of wind activity varying from thin wind skins to some scouring of slopes. There were obvious wind loaded slopes above sky pond on east to north facing aspects that upon testing were not reactive and mostly soft snow. On the South facing line we skied there was variable wind affect but mostly good pow skiing. Boot packing up our ski line we felt strong, supportable, wind packed snow under the new snow. Storm totals were anywhere from a few inches to a foot and a half depending on loading. No current signs of reactivity in the new snow, but lots of snow available for transport for future wind events.