Field Report
Aspen - CO
2025/10/24
Backcountry Area: Aspen
Author: Ryan Huck
Report Information
Observation Summary
Went out to check out Treasury, where the most storm totals were.
Paradise divide totals- 4.72 Inches
Treasury Mountain - 8.26 Inches
We went to look at how the snow was settling up high. Before the storm there was a melt freeze crust of about 8 cm thick. This layer was pencil hard and, there was Facets just underneath it ranging from 1-2 mm in size.
CAIC Notes
Original CBAC ob: https://cbavalanchecenter.org/view-observations/#/view/observations/a627846c-8043-4d85-b4e1-5474415b8235
Area Description
Treasury Mountain
Avalanche
Triggered avalanche
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Date | # | Elev | Asp | Type | Trig | SizeR | SizeD | Problem Type | Location |
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10/24/2025
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1 | >TL | NE | L | AS | R1 | D1 | Loose Dry |
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Date and Time
10/24/2025 -
10:00am
(estimated)
Location
39.01
-107.088
Start Zone Elevation
12,600 ft
Avalanche Comments
Bomb proof melt-freeze crust layer, about 8 CM thick and fresh stellars, dendrites made the snow quite loose, making for some reactive yet harmless dry loose soft slab avalanches. |
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Snowpack
Cracking:
None
Collapsing:
None