Front Range

Snowpack

Ron Simenhois · Jan 28, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Calm > freezing temperatures with high clouds

Snowpack

BTL on the south aspect, the snowpack is weak, faceted, and unconsolidated. However, it lacks a slab to become reactive. On south aspect NTL, the snowpack is more supportive with mid-pack 1F hard slab. The slab is turning into FC. The PWL NTL is gaining strength, and overall the slab-weak layer combination where I traveled cannot propagate cracks in the weak layer. See snowpit for more details.