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Aspen

Published: May 24th, 2026

Aspen

Published: May 20th, 2026

About an inch of snow on Tuesday night fell on soft melt-freeze crusts from Tuesday's warmup. .

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Published: May 16th, 2026

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Published: May 6th, 2026

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Published: May 2nd, 2026

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Published: May 2nd, 2026

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Published: Apr 29th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Apr 29th, 2026

The intense April sun was peaking through mainly broken sky cover. Clouds increased during the morning, and there were periods of very light snowfall. Despite the intense, filtered sunshine, the ambient temperature and light but consistent northwest wind kept the snow surface cool and dry

Aspen

Published: Apr 28th, 2026

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Published: Apr 27th, 2026

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Published: Apr 26th, 2026

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Published: Apr 18th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Apr 18th, 2026

Very minor cracking when we found thin sections of wind-drifted snow but any kind of cohesion in the drifted snow was isolated to small patches a few feet across and too thin to knock someone off their feet. We found one old wind-drifted slope on East Geissler that had very firm and hollow snow on an unsupported steep slope hanging over cliffs and was probably the only slope we intentionally avoided all day. Around 2 to 4 inches of new snow, more in some isolated wind-drifted spots halfway down steep alpine faces.

Aspen

Published: Apr 18th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Apr 15th, 2026

There was very light snowfall under broken skies throughout the morning. Northwest wind was light to moderate and moving a little bit of snow.

Aspen

Published: Apr 14th, 2026

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Published: Apr 10th, 2026

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Published: Apr 8th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Apr 8th, 2026

The snow depth from 11500' to 12500' varied from zero centimeters to about 1 meter on the east-facing slopes where I traveled. The surface crust was stout and about 35cms thick. CDOT indicated that the snow on the road was very hard when pushing and bucketing during their clearing operations today. I observed snow that was still relatively dry and soft on the skier's right side of cross-loaded concave features that faced east to northeast above 12000'. Below 12000' the snow surface was supportable with that 35cms thick crust and carvable by 1030 am.

Aspen

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

The snowpack on the south half of the compass consists of either a thick, supportable melt-freeze crust (MFcr) or a thinner breakable MFcr on the snow surface depending on your aspect and slope angle, with around a foot of wet snow beneath it that is resting on top of a refrozen, homogenous snowpack of melt forms. West and east-facing slopes in the morning had the worst travel conditions, with the crust too thin to support but thick enough to trap your skis underneath it, while due south MFcr's were fully supportable until they melted around 9:00 or 10:00. Due north had about 1 to 2 feet of dry to moist snow resting on the same homogenous melt form snowpack making for ideal ski conditions on steep, north-facing slopes above treeline. Below 10,500 to 11,000 feet, even the snow on due north had variable surface crusts and wet snow, slowing down travel. There were fewer cornices than I've ever seen along the ridgelines deep in the Elks, and any slopes that looked wind-loaded from last week's storm showed no signs of instability. On north-facing slopes where there is still some structure to the snowpack with hardness changes in old facets and depth hoar near the ground, the snowpack is fully saturated with water, and any snowpack tests that produce failures wouldn't translate to slope-scale avalanche release under these conditions. Below about 10,500 feet the snow coverage quickly becomes discontinuous to non-existent even on proper north-facing slopes.

Aspen

Published: Apr 5th, 2026

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

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Published: Apr 3rd, 2026

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

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Published: Apr 3rd, 2026

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Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

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Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

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Published: Apr 1st, 2026

Winds were moving a lot of new snow very efficiently all morning on April 1.

Aspen

Published: Apr 1st, 2026

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Published: Mar 27th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 23rd, 2026

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Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

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Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

Aspen

Published: Mar 21st, 2026

Some minor cracking in the wet snow on near treeline east-facing slopes around 10:00 AM. On due north around 10,000 feet water has only made it about 15-20cm deep into the snowpack and extended column tests are still showing propagating failures in the depth hoar. Water made it notably deeper into the snowpack as soon as you wrap to northeast and then on east and southeast the snowpack is composed of melt forms top to bottom.

Aspen

Published: Mar 20th, 2026

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Published: Mar 20th, 2026

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Published: Mar 20th, 2026

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Published: Mar 20th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Mar 20th, 2026

Strong inversion this morning with valley floors around freezing and mountain tops well in the 40s (Fahrenheit). Clear sky and calm winds.

Aspen

Published: Mar 19th, 2026

Around noon on a northwest-facing slope, a pit around 80cm deep showed moisture had entered all the layers. I found a series of hard melt freeze crusts, ice lenses, and softer layers in the upper snowpack. I was able to make hard snowballs out of the basal facets in my northwest-facing pit. Right after I put my skis back on, there was a significant collapse as I began to walk away from my pit. An Extended Column Test resulted in propagation on the 11th tap on this aspect. On the northeast side of the ridge, the snowpack was much deeper around 120cm. Around 2:00pm boot penetration was beginning to punch through, sinking through the snowpack up to my hip. While the basal facets were gaining moisture, they were still pretty dry unlike the northwest side. I did not see propagation in snowpack tests on this aspect.

Aspen

Published: Mar 17th, 2026

Aspen

Published: Mar 16th, 2026

The snowpack on the east side of Highlands Ridge is notably shallower than I have ever seen it in March, with the average height of snow around 100-150cm on east and northeast-facing slopes below the heavily wind-affected ridgeline. The slab is now around 80cm thick (thicker in wind-drifts) and composed of multiple crusts, but continues to show concerning results in snowpack tests failing on well-developed facets about halfway down the snowpack. All the facet layers are showing clear signs of rounding and bonding, but they are so well-developed that it is likely going to take liquid water reaching this layer and refreezing before it is no longer a concern. The recent wind event did a number on alpine terrain, stripping many slopes to bare ground and hardening many snow surfaces to such a firm surface that boot penetration is less than 1cm. Below 10,000 feet, the snowpack is disappearing quickly and mostly homogenous melt forms throughout, with some fully supportable crusts in the upper snowpack on north-facing slopes.

Aspen

Published: Mar 15th, 2026

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Published: Mar 13th, 2026

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Published: Mar 12th, 2026

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Published: Mar 11th, 2026

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