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Avalanche

Brandon Levy · May 5, 2019 · Aspen

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Weather

Felt significantly warmer than Thursday with less cloud cover and not as consistent wind. 40F at 11000' at 930

Snowpack

Several whumphs in the gladed slopes adjacent to Hunter. One collapse propagated a good distance (75-100') from my skis. Boot penetration at 1030 was 25cm on the SE facing slopes above the road. Collapses were likely on now wetted interface / layer of thin facets at late April slab and older surface prior to 4/26 which produced propagating results in similar terrain on Thursday

Avalanche

A few more R1D1 LWa and one shallow wet slab in Hunter