Front Range

Avalanche

Steve Lynn · Nov 23, 2014 · Front Range

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Weather

Blowing snow, W wind, NE aspect, heavy snowfall, overcast, 11,700 feet.

Snowpack

Pit test at approximately 10:30 a.m. revealed 98 cm snowpack at 11,700 feet on NE aspect. 15 cm of new snow. CTM, 1F layer at 55 cm from ground up, Q2 (shown in photo). DTM at F layer 10 cm from ground up, Q2. Faceted grains >1 mm in bottom layer. No cracking or collapsing observed in snowpack.

Avalanche

None observed.