Aspen
AvalanchePolly Layton · Feb 28, 2021 · Aspen
Weather
Calm, sunny day with temperatures remaining below freezing to the valley floor.
Snowpack
Ski pen is 20cm on a slightly breakable crust on all but the most northerly facing slopes. West facing slopes have 70cm of snow with two crusts, over 30cm of facets. Northerly-facing aspects have 50cm of facets with 50-70cm of pencil to above the Jan 19 interface without any crusts. Snow was moist on steep, open, west facing aspects below 8800ft in the afternoon.
Avalanche
Two storm slabs had run in the last 24hours at 10,200ft. East aspect R2D1