Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Anonymous ยท Mar 23, 2020

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Weather

Hourly cycles of snowstorms and sun ~30 degrees F at 10,500, colder at treeline, E facing

Snowpack

Did not dig a pit, both avalanches appear to have broken at the bottom of new snow from the last few days

Avalanche

Dry gulch- Storm slab avalanches, one 20 feet wide, slid 30 feet (at treeline) one 80 feet wide, slid 60 feet (10,500) both appeared to have slid naturally on steep pitches on the 22nd or early on the 23rd