Aspen

Avalanche

blase reardon · Dec 15, 2014 · Aspen

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Weather

14" settled storm snow in sheltered valley bottom. More further down valley above Lincoln Creek (~15-16"). Warm in sun, but air had a cold bite.

Snowpack

14"/35 cm storm snow on 12/13 interface. F-hard, w a few density changes, including very soft layer of stellars ~5cm above 12/13 interface. Basal DH remains very soft (F hard) and grains only slightly rounded.

Avalanche

Good visibility and only saw 1 fresh natural slide. Did see a few filled-in crowns; hard to tell whether they ran early in storm or in last cycle.