Aspen

Avalanche

Kyle McAlpin · Dec 14, 2020

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Weather

Overcast, no wind, very light snow on and off in the morning.

Snowpack

11,400’, ENE, 22° slope. 75cm depth, 30cm of soft fresh storm snow on top of 45cm of facets. ECTN13 & PST 20/100 SF at old/new snow boundary 30cm down. We did not notice any cohesive slab in the new storm snow.

Avalanche

Did not trigger any avalanches. Multiple small slides at resort, triggered by ski patrol during weekend. One medium slide at Perry’s. One small slide on Highland Ridge at PT 12740 bowl, east aspect started near ridgeline, did not run far.