Front Range

Avalanche

Joe Hughes · Mar 10, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

It was snowing the entire day, light wind, no predominant direction. Postage stamp is around 12,000' and facing S

Snowpack

6" of fresh light snow on top of a tough sun crust. We did not dig a pit to see what was under the crust.

Avalanche

I set off an avalanche before I even made a turn. The top 6" ripped off with a shooting crack in front of my skis. It broke directly at my feet. I did not get caught up in it, and no one was hurt.