Aspen

Several backcountry travelers triggered avalanches nearby off Marble Peak. One skier or snowboarder triggered a small D1 avalanche on the east side of Marble Peak in "Marble Bowl" while descending. Another backcountry tourer had a near-miss with an avalanche while ascending a steep northeast-facing slope on the north side of Marble Peak in "The Fridge". The Fridge avalanche observation can be seen here: https://avalanche.state.co.us/report/67d79c5f-cb74-465b-b8d2-18ef75ba38db and the Marble Bowl avalanche is coded here.

Clear skies with cool temperatures all day. Notable wind transport along ridgelines above 12,000 ft mostly loading south and southeast-facing slopes.

Below around 11,000 feet there is only about 4 to 5 inches of new snow resting on a thick rain crust (IFrc) that is supportable to skis but not boots. Below the rain crust is a mix of facets and melt forms depending on elevation (there is more melt forms down low and more facets up high). This rain crust starts to thin above 11,000 feet and the underlying facets become more well-developed with fewer and fewer melt forms. Even at higher elevations, there is not enough snow to form a cohesive slab on top of the thin IFrc, except for wind-loaded slopes. Snowpack tests were easily failing below the IFrc (see snowpit), and a few shooting cracks on wind-loaded rollovers all failed just below the IFrc, with the IFrc being part of the overlying slab.