Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Brennan Metzler · May 25, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Strong N-NW winds above 12000 ft. Temps in upper teens to low twenties at time of slide (745am). Mostly clear skies.

Snowpack

Thin wind slab (3-5cm) on 15-20cm storm snow. Interface on which slab broke formed by yesterdays thin solar crust and the final layer of snow that fell at dusk and was blown into a slab.

Avalanche

13000 NNE ~40 degrees R1-D1 Max depth 5-7cm, 25m wide, ran full path approx 300m