Front Range

Avalanche

Natalie Moran · May 1, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Very warm, no wind

Snowpack

At least a foot of fresh snow on firm base or rocks, with a thin suncrust on top from a prior warm day, warmed up very fast without wind

Avalanche

Skiing down from the summit of Mt Meeker, triggered 2 wet slides concurrently with a ski cut down Dragons Egg coulor, slides went for 800+ feet. At the midpoint of the descent, saw another natural slide cascading down the rocks, which reached the couloir. Also noted old wet slide debris in the couloir from a prior warm cycle. Saw several other smaller slides on E aspect in the Wild Basin.