Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Kreston Rohrig · Mar 8, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

Grey day with warm temps below treeline. Short periods of light snowfall mid-day, with warm and semi-wet surface snow.

Recent snowfall was settling quickly at lower elevations. With warmer temps, the snow from last night was trending to wet, but not fully there.

This massive avalanche was reported yesterday morning (3/7). It broke around multiple terrain features and ran about 2400' vertical.