Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Matt Brooks · Feb 13, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

Few clouds. Temps in 20s. Light winds with moderate gusts Yesterday, very noticeable loading in this area at ridge line all day and into the night.

New wind drifted snow out of the SSW from past few days loaded steep and rocky start zone on shoulder of Drift Peak.

HS-N-R3-D3-O/G ~40 degree start zone on a N facing aspect at ~12800ft Slide occurred sometime between 12:30PM and 1PM