Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Bill Platisa · Feb 2, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Clear. Breeze occasionally blowing N. Stayed on low angle N aspects. 11,636 ft.

Snowpack

Recent storm slabs and wind slabs up to 40cm on top of softer layers of rounding facets.

Avalanche

No avalanches in Mayflower Gulch, but large avalanche path was visible on E side of highway, Clear that top layers slid and stepped down, successively to at least 2 lower layers.