Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Rob Coppolillo · Dec 15, 2014 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Cold (teens), light variable wind, almost no blosno

Snowpack

Storm snow stayed cold, Almost no solar effect Sun crust on solar aspects rotting out, at 10,500, s aspect, below machine gun ridge recent snow sheared off easily but crust itself was too weak to propagate...., no whumpfs, collapses, or shooting cracks

Avalanche

Numerous point releases off s ptarmigan bowl, loose dry...ran 100 feet of so...no other signs