Front Range

Avalanche

Clinton Decker · May 17, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

In RoMo from Bear Lake TH to Emerald Lake up the Dragon's Tail Couloir: We're guessing the the slide ran in the storm layer from Monday/Tuesday which stayed cold until around Thursday then had some good warming.

Snowpack

In RoMo from Bear Lake TH to Emerald Lake up the Dragon's Tail Couloir: Spring snowpack but contained at least one dust layer and a 5-day-old storm layer which was still soft.

Avalanche

Approx. 1200' x 50' wet-loose slide above Emerald Lake.