Aspen
Snowpackblase reardon · Dec 19, 2015 · Aspen
Weather
Some M downvalley winds in AM, but otherwise calm or L winds BTL. At ridgeline, winds M from the west, though diminishing through the day. Drifting snow noted on Ski Hayden in AM, other features near Green Mtn, but flat light made it difficult to tell if snow was moving elsewhere in drainage.
Snowpack
Where there's a slab, there's a problem. Not many slopes where there's a slab. The slabs that exist are mostly hard, recently-deposited wind slabs on the lee (easterly) sides of ridges. These aren't widespread. Elsewhere, the snowpack has is soft, with few variations in hardness and no widespread/ distinct weak layers.