Front Range

Avalanche

Steve Lynn · Dec 7, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

South Diamond Peak, NE aspect, 11,500 feet. Cloud cover BKN, -4 C, WNW winds. Some graupel observed on NTL snow surface.

Snowpack

Significant settling observed: 15 cm boot pen. No collapsing or cracking observed. Pit test completed at 11,500 feet, NE aspect, 30-degree slope angle. Test revealed 93 cm snowpack: F top layer of 4 cm, subsequent layers 1F resistance, 2 mm faceted grains on F bottom layer. CTM, SP, Q1, 15 cm down; DTH, SP, Q1, 70 cm down.

Avalanche

None observed.