Aspen

Avalanche

Anonymous · Nov 29, 2015 · Aspen

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Weather

AM- @11,000 Sky Broken, Moderate Ridge Top Winds, Blowing Snow, Loading, Wind out of the SW PM- @12,000-Moderate winds, Scattered Sky, Cooling trend, Moderate winds SW. Note-on exit Storm was moving in rapidly from SW near Castle and Conundrum.

Snowpack

HS Ranged from 50-70cm. HN 5-15cm, Not much structure when skiing. Bottomless facets with small Temp and Melt freeze crusts on solar Aspects. Lee Loaded slopes have wind slab ranging from 15cm-30cm at tree-line or above. Elevations 10,800-12,000, Observed W-NW-N-NE-N.

Avalanche

BTL- Small D.5, N Aspect, Sluffing to ground. Bottomless feel Treeline @ 11,500. Cracking on Micro loaded feature. NW Ascpect, while gaining the ridge, Whompf, then saw propagation.