Front Range

Avalanche

Robert Emmons · Oct 12, 2018 · Front Range

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Weather

Sunny, snow getting heavy with consistent wind loading all.morning

Snowpack

1-4 feet of strictly windblown snow, on top of an icy, rocky ground. Heavy sbowpack, not noticeably unstable

Avalanche

Roughly a 12-24" crown, 200-300ft across at the ridgeline. Very fast traveling avalanche above the rocks. Deep debris field of about 5-10 feet in a gully. Npbody caught. I was able to pull myself out the side at the top