Sawatch

Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Feb 17, 2016 · Aspen

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Weather

Another beautiful clear day. Clouds built during the tour to broken skies by the time we returned to the car. Temperatures dropped as cloud cover moved in (36F at car).

Snowpack

Travelled below and near treeline on northeast to north slopes. Snow was supportable to skis. At 11300' north slopes were trapdoor to boot pen. No recent avalanche activity due to warming. A few old avalanches from the Feb 3rd wind event (as reported by other party today) were visible below ridgecrest. Beeler Grade cornice has retreated, surprisingly there was no evidence of Wet Loose avalanches from cliffs above the road. Lake Creek paths did not run during the early February wind event.