Front Range

Avalanche

Chris Johnson · Mar 5, 2021 · Front Range

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Weather

Clear, mid to high 30's, 6" snow day before. E aspect. Maybe around 12,000 feet.

Snowpack

6" new snow day before. We were up there around 1pm on 3/5. Sun was warm, snow was slushy with icy crust underneath.

Avalanche

We saw it from the upper 110's. It was one of the slopes on the other side of the bowl, toward XYZ chutes. Saw a couple other smaller ones, most seem to have started at a rock poking through the top of the snow.