Aspen
AvalancheBrandon Levy, Dylan Craaybeek ยท Apr 27, 2025
Weather
The notable weather event was increasing wind from the southwest as early as 0830 at 11500'. This was cooling the snow surface on south-facing slopes and at ridgetop at 12500'. Descending a hundred feet down the ridge there was good corn skiing and a softened snow surface on east and northeast-facing slopes at 0930.
Snowpack
The surface crust below the softened surface was up to 30 cms thick on an east-facing slope at 12000 feet. Strong winds were keeping snow surfaces cool today but about a hundred feet below the ridgeline on east-facing slopes, the snow surface still got wet and was great corn skiing. We could find isolated patches of old wind slabs that had settled to about 2 or 3 inches thick and were completely bonded to the snow below.
Avalanche
No notable avalanche activity beyond some old Loose Wet avalanches. Cornices were likely the biggest hazard of the day today, with snow surfaces staying pretty cold through noon.