Aspen

Avalanche

Anonymous · Nov 18, 2017 · Aspen

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Weather

Cold and Clear

Snowpack

30cm new, fist hard storm snow lying on mix of facets, crust and ground. Lots of settling and cracking on northerly aspects with old, underlying snow. Traveled on slopes up to 35 degrees.

Avalanche

Whitnessed Natural on north east aspect of Ski Hayden. +\- 7:30am. 13,000’. Suspect storm slab wind loading at new / old interface. Several Natural R2,D2 spotted off of highland ridge, south of the K-Chute area. East Aspect, 13,000’ ish. Aspen Mountain Environs: Storm Slab failed above road cut. East aspect, R1, D1 Test Slope. Either natural or snow machine sympathetic trigger. Overnight.