Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Zach Taylor · Dec 22, 2014 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Cloudy and snowy

Snowpack

Lots of new snow

Avalanche

Multiple avalanches off I70 along and west of the Vail pass exit. There were several slides on north aspects above Black Lakes that appeared to be natural releases and several slides on south facing aspects north of I70 that were purposely triggered by CDOT w/ explosives today. All slides that I observed were in the D1-D2 range and were very fresh. A couple were probably large enough to kill a person.