Front Range

Snowpack

Jason Konigsberg · Feb 14, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

I wasn't up on ridegetop but small plumes of snow were still visible off of the high peaks. It seems the wind is still finding snow to move. Warm with spring-like temperatures.

Snowpack

Southeast slopes have a thin melt-freeze beneath an inch or two of moist wind-blown snow. This crust will not support much of a load. Due south slopes have a thicker 1 to 2 inch crust that will probably only fail with larger amounts of wind-drifted snow. The overall snowpack structure on southeast slopes is not any better than due east or even north. The same one-finger, 3 to 4 foot thick slab rests over basal facets and depth hoar. There are some thin crusts buried in the snowpack but nothing strong enough to protect weak layers below from collapsing.