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Avalanche

Chris Beebe · Jan 11, 2015 · Aspen

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Weather

Snow showers, moderately heavy at times. 26F. Winds light from the SW. Obs at 3:30 pm.

Snowpack

From the top: 10cm fresh Glove, stellars and needles 2 cm surface hoar, giving ugly bed surface for fresh 10 cm above. STE Q2 at this layer. With the light but consistent snow forecast, this layer might not go away for a while. Yikes! 70 cm 4F+ 1-2mm rounds 40 cm 4F- 2-3mm rounds 20cm facets to ground Boot pen: 55 cm Ski Pen: 25 cm

Avalanche

Between showers, I could see a lot of Hayes Creek Basin, and did not observe any avalanches. The new snow soughed easily on slopes greater than 30 degrees on S-E-N that had sun crust (around trees on N aspects where radiating heat had built a crust). No collapsing was witnessed.