Vail & Summit County
SnowpackScott Von Thun ยท Apr 16, 2022
Weather
High S winds above treeline.
Snowpack
2m deep snowpack at the top of wind loaded couloir. Freeze crust 40cm deep (unreactive) and multiple hoar layers in the upper wind deposited snow, one particularly concerning one at 20cm deep. Less protected areas (top of silver, for instance) were not seeing the same loading and had a much shallower and more stable snowpack.