Front Range
AvalancheRon Simenhois · Mar 29, 2021 · Front Range
Weather
The day was a warm day with mostly clear skies and moderate SW winds. The wind gust was into the 60s> windy conditions persisted for the last 24 hrs. Loading yesterday afternoon and evening was intense enough to trigger a small cycle in the area.
Snowpack
The snowpack >= TL on N-NE and SE was over 250 cm deep. An old CR layer with 4F FC layer on top under the recently wind-loaded slab on E - S aspects was the cuprite to a recent avalanche cycle on these aspects. On N aspect, I find a 4F to 1F hard wind slab at the surface. This slab was sitting on top of DF layer and appeared to be bonding well. See Snowpit on SE aspect for more details.
Avalanche
Increasing W winds during the day yesterday loaded E-S slopes. These slopes' snow surface had a 4F FC layer on top of a K hard RC layer. The FC layer eventually failed under the new load resulting in several D1 on S aspect and a small D2 on the E aspect.