Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Anonymous · Jan 15, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

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Avalanche

Slide appeared to take place on 1/14/18 and was triggered by the skiers on the adjacent and connected slope. A crack was spotted from the looker's right ski track to the avalanche. The failure initiated in the new/old snow interface then stepped down to the 11/17/17 layer. Slide ran ~450 vertical feet.