Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Michael Wood · Mar 25, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

On NW face of Uneva at 12,100 ft about 1pm weather was approx 30 deg with stiff 20-30 mph winds (not in forecast), mostly sunny.

Snowpack

Obvious debris from cornice fall onto NW face of Uneva piled up above some rocks, maybe R0.5 D1. At 25 deg slope we got ECTP24 at 45cm depth. Note the propagation was barely noticeable, but did pull off cleanly with a shovel shear. Most layers 4F or harder.