Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Backcountry Babes Level 2 Avy Course · Jan 12, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Partly cloudy with periods of sun and periods of light to mod snowfall

Snowpack

Variable HS BTL to NTL NNE-E facing aspects 80-130cm. 2 main Facet layers, 1st down 40cm p hard snow above 3cm layer 1-2mm facets. 2nd layer down 68 cm P hard on 20 cm of 2-3mm facets- our PST 40/100 end at 11600 NNE failed on this layer Our second pit on a SE aspect at 11740 had similar structure with an ECTX

Avalanche

E aspect, ATL, Loveland Pass