Field Report
Front Range - CO
Report Information
There was about 20cm of new snow and 30cm in drifts. This snow was well bonded to the surface below. Most southerly terrain had shed snow already.
Up the Tyndall Gorge towards Tyndall Glacier.
Avalanches
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Date | # | Elev | Asp | Type | Trig | SizeR | SizeD | Problem Type | Location |
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04/28/2025
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1 | >TL | E | WL | N | R1 | D1.5 | Loose Wet |
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Date and Time
04/28/2025 -
12:00pm
(estimated)
Location
40.294
-105.687
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04/28/2025
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1 | >TL | E | WL | N | R1 | D1 | Loose Wet |
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Date and Time
04/28/2025 -
12:00pm
(estimated)
Location
40.355
-105.7
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04/28/2025
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1 | >TL | S | SS | N | R1 | D1 | Wind Slab |
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Date and Time
04/28/2025 -
12:00pm
(estimated)
Location
40.313
-105.673
Area Description
S couloir to the lookers right of the Dragons Tail. |
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04/29/2025
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1 | >TL | NE | WL | N | R1 | D1.5 | Loose Wet |
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Date and Time
04/29/2025 -
12:00pm
(estimated)
Location
40.305
-105.671
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04/29/2025
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1 | >TL | NE | WL | AS/c | R1 | D1 | Loose Wet |
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Date and Time
04/29/2025 -
11:21am
(known)
Location
40.307
-105.672
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Snowpack
Below treeline the snowpack is well cooked down and there was only a couple of centimeters of new snow. Stepping out of skis we did not sink in beneath the surface melting.
Near and above treeline snow depths varied by aspect. South and east had already settled out to about 5cm and on shady north aspects there was about 20cm with more in drifts. In multiple hand shear tests the snow was well bonded to the surface below but there was a layer of graupel that fell early in the storm and would give easier shears. On all aspects, the new snow was resting on a stout melt-freeze crust that was hard to probe through with a pole. Beneath this layer the snow was still cold rounds on northerly aspects. As we descended on a northeasterly aspect at around 11 am the snow was getting a little past hot pow and into heavy watch your knees snow. We saw multiple wet loose sluffs and were able to trigger one on a steep northeasterly roll.
Weather
Skies were clear and the winds were calm with light gusts. It was warm by 10am.