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Published: May 22nd, 2026

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Published: May 16th, 2026

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Published: May 14th, 2026

Continued warm, sunny weather. 55 degrees at the summit of Independence Pass at 11:00 AM.

Sawatch

Published: May 12th, 2026

Clear, sunny, and warm. 60 degrees at 12,000'.

Sawatch

Published: May 11th, 2026

Unseasonably warm weather. Clear skies and 50 degrees at 12,000'.

Sawatch

Published: Apr 21st, 2026

57 degrees F at the summit of Independence Pass with light winds and mostly clear skies.

Sawatch

Published: Apr 19th, 2026

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Published: Apr 12th, 2026

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Published: Apr 10th, 2026

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Published: Apr 5th, 2026

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Published: Apr 8th, 2026

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

On a northeast-facing near-treeline slope, I probed a bit and found the HS to be about 120 cm. There are still dry facets near the ground, but the upper snowpack is very hard. It would be very unlikely for a person to be able to affect the basal layers. Other than that, the only other pertinent ob is the lack of snow in some places, and aspects/elevations that still have enough snow for avalanches. BTL- not much snow left, around 11,000 feet there is enough snow to travel on north but it's thin and consolidated NTL- no snow left on souths, west, northwest. There is enough snow for avalanches mainly on north through east though many due north slopes are thin ATL- Same as NTL but more snow on southeast.

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Published: Apr 4th, 2026

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Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

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Published: Apr 2nd, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 26th, 2026

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Published: Mar 26th, 2026

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Published: Mar 28th, 2026

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Published: Mar 26th, 2026

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Published: Mar 26th, 2026

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Published: Mar 25th, 2026

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Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

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Published: Mar 22nd, 2026

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Published: Mar 21st, 2026

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Published: Mar 21st, 2026

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Published: Mar 21st, 2026

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Published: Mar 19th, 2026

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Published: Mar 18th, 2026

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Published: Mar 16th, 2026

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Published: Mar 13th, 2026

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Published: Mar 9th, 2026

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Published: Mar 8th, 2026

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Published: Mar 7th, 2026

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Published: Mar 7th, 2026

Sawatch

Published: Mar 2nd, 2026

During the week, we travelled fairly extensively on low angled slopes within several miles of the Sangree hut. Wind exposed southerly/solar slopes were most supportable and skiable despite a wide variety of surfaces - breakable/supportable crusts, corn (on warm sunny days) and soft snow. Low angled skiable northerly/polar slopes above tree line were limited (due to thin snow cover), but some gullies contained soft powder. Skiing near tree line and below tree line on northerly aspects was difficult, inconsistent and somewhat dangerous due to frequently sinking to near the ground into the underlying weak facets and sometimes hitting stumps. Trail breaking in these areas was arduous. Other aspects below treeline were mostly a mix of supportable and unsupportable sun crusts. Total snow depths were 2-3 feet or less nearly every where we travelled, with many areas above tree line less than 6 inches. We got extensive collapsing on all aspects and elevations throughout the week. No tree shaking, rumbling collapses, but frequent audible collapses up to 50’ feet away or more. Several collapses on wind loaded slopes near tree line had visible surface cracking with a drop of 1cm.

Sawatch

Published: Mar 7th, 2026

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Published: Mar 7th, 2026

Vail & Summit County

Published: Mar 6th, 2026

South and West facing slopes had a thick supportable melt freeze crust throughout the terrain. Occasionally there would be a small place where I would punch through it but that was rare. NW to E slopes I found a mostly supportable hard slab over facets. These slabs averaged around 20-30cm and were often supportable on skis but not in boots when I got off my skis. I did get a fair amount of collapsing under foot while touring but it didn't propagate through the snowpack. I only had 1 small collapse that went a couple meters from my ski (N facing terrain near treeline). The new snow seemed to be bonding well with the old snow.

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Published: Mar 5th, 2026

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Published: Feb 28th, 2026

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Published: Feb 21st, 2026

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Published: Feb 21st, 2026

avalanche was unwitnessed, saw it in the morning when arrived at trail head. Rough estimate of slide being about 24 hours old.

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Published: Feb 21st, 2026

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Published: Feb 22nd, 2026

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Published: Feb 22nd, 2026

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