Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Graham Kane · Feb 10, 2020 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

18F S1, Light wind @ NE, OVC

Snowpack

HS was ~195cm in undisturbed areas along the road. A quick pit revealed a that the snow from the Feb 6,7,8 storm had consolidated into a 4 finger slab, with the snow from Feb 9,10 sitting on top as a Fist hard layer. Shovel shear and tilt tests easily separated both layers from the layer below with clean planar separation between the storm layers.

Avalanche

No observed avalanches in the Montezuma area.