Front Range

Avalanche

CMS AIARE 2 · Mar 30, 2019 · Front Range

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Weather

Lake Haiyaha, N aspect, 10,300ft. Zero wind , Light snow flurries through out the day. Overcast to obscured sky conditions. Temp hovering below freezing.

Snowpack

Lake Haiyaha 10,300ft, N aspect, and Dream Chutes N aspects, observed 15cm light density snow resting on a 2cm Melt freeze crust. HS 300cm+ . No propagating test results on large column tests. Isolated Q1 shears 15cm down below the melt freeze crust. Mid pack consisted of 1F to Pencil hard snow that seemed pretty consolidated.

Avalanche

No signs of wind slab formation or slab activity in the NTL band. Observed no signs of avalanche activity ATL.