Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Anonymous · Jan 22, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

-Mostly sunny all day -Temps remained below freezing -NW wind ranging from light to moderate with gusts in the 30s from time to time -4in new snow getting blown around

Snowpack

-New snow did not impact stability -N aspects have the most snow NTL and BTL with scoured surfaces on everything ATL on all aspects. -Test pit on NE aspects NTL revealed a thin wind crust below the new 4in of snow, and a CT with Q1 SC results (CTH down 65cm - DH), however we received an ECTN -Structure in general is variable from supportable where wind has stiffened upper layers, to punchy faceted old slab that is unsupportable.

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