Front Range

Snowpack

Lucas Mouttet · Nov 18, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

Winds picking up over the course of the day from 10mph to 20+mph, air temperatures from -5C to -8.5C at 11,000 feet, NE aspect.

Snowpack

Below treeline is still thin and boney, 45cm HS at 10,000ft. Above treeline there was a lot of snow transport from storm snow over weekend. Leeward side of ridge windslabs were growing throughout the day, changing from soft fluffy on first run to breakable crust on last run. HS was 65cm at 11,200feet, rain crust (near 20cm from ground) I observed in previous weeks is not as hard at this location.