Front Range

Avalanche

G Douglass · Jan 12, 2022 · Front Range

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Weather

Clear, Sunny 15 to 20 degrees.

Snowpack

SNowpack had been windpacked into a pretty hard slab. Depth of wind loaded slab was approx. 8 feet thick at fracture, with the slab thinning down lower on the slope. Minimum slab was 12" thick near bottom and averaged 4 feet thick near middle of slide

Avalanche

Several other avalanches were noted in the Vasquez Bowl area to the north