Front Range

Avalanche

Tara Vessella · Feb 14, 2019 · Front Range

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Weather

26 degrees F above 11,000ft. Light West winds with gusts at 5-8mph. Snowfall rate close to 2" per hour. Shallow skin track was filled in on descent. Dense and moist snowfall, mostly graupel.

Snowpack

2-4" of new snow since sunrise. New snow rapidly accumulating on firm windboard snow above treeline and on reactive wind slab on leeward aspects near treeline.

Avalanche

None. Poor visibility