Aspen

Avalanche

Zach McCarthy · Apr 5, 2021 · Aspen

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Weather

Colder morning - >30° + 10-15mph wind when started Cloudy - warmed to just over freezing up around 10k by 10am but still a small crust when we left.

Snowpack

Refrozen surface after warming yesterday into a cold night. Slight warming by the time we skied but still firm. Regardless was getting out of the area early in the day to avoid the warming.

Avalanche

Observed (from previous day - still frozen when we were there) a ton of point releases around the area, tons of rollers, a few smaller wet slabs scattered on adjacent ridges, and once higher on the ridge we observed that Mud Gulch had slid from approximately 10,800 - unable to get any pictures due to safety of not hanging over the ridge and unable to see from alternative location though it’s propagation wasn’t crazy long (from what I could see) it went far.