Front Range

Cool with broken skies in the morning trending to clear skies and more mild temperatures. It was very windy at ridgetop but it seemed that loading was from overnight/early-morning winds.

There was about 6 to 8 inches of snow. On slopes getting more sun, the new snow had already settled to just a few inches. On wind-loaded slopes, the newly drifted slab, up 10 14 inches thick, sits on a very hard and thick melt-freeze crust regardless of aspect. I didn't dig below the crust.