Aspen

Avalanche

blase reardon · Apr 3, 2014 · Aspen

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Weather

Snow showers/ squalls off and on during afternoon, with some brief breaks and partial clearing. WNW winds at ridges > 10600'; blowing snow & loading SE & E sides of ridges. Blowing snow visible on high ridges late afternoon. HS 215 cm at Landry snow stake (9650'); 395 cm base of Marble Bowl (11,100').

Snowpack

3-25/26 interface buried ~85 cm at base of Marble Bowl - deeper than in other recent pits. Snow btwn dust layers 4F hard w some harder layers < 10 cm thick & several thin layers of refrozen wet or MF grains P-P+ hard. Didn't dig beyond 1.25 m.

Avalanche

Visibility poor most of afternoon, but didn't see any crowns or debris during breaks in clouds.