Front Range

Snowpack

Thomas Armento · Feb 19, 2011 · Front Range

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Weather

Sunny, clear skies, warm (near or above freezing at 9-12k), 0 wind with gusts to 10.

Snowpack

Snowpack in the middle of Dead Elk Couloir (SE facing from 12k down to 10.4k) was absolutely bomber and stable. After many winter ski descents in RMNP, I have never seen such a stable snowpack. No tests performed, but it truly felt like I had a resort snowpack underneath the fresh 6-8" of snow.