Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Kreston Rohrig · Oct 14, 2018 · Sawatch

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Weather

Overcast skies with continued snow flurries. Calm winds gusting to moderate near ridgeline.

Snowpack

The snow from last week has settled into a dense layer near the ground and has developed a moderately stiff crust on steeper southerly slopes. More recent snowfall was lower density and increased the total HS in most open terrain to 10-14". Wind drifted snow on leeward ridges and terrain features are forming slabs over 100cm thick. These are isolated and soft, but should warrant caution.