Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Graham Kane · Oct 25, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

20191025 @ 1305 11,612ft 355Ëš(N) 5Ëšslope. CLR, CALM, NO precipitation, and no blowing snow visible. Ambient was 36.5ËšF

Snowpack

HS 28cm, While skiing up I noticed a course surface form, and thought this might be SH, however it ended up being 3-4mm Stellars that had barely begun to decompose in the heat of the day. Snow surface was -1.0ËšC and T-20 was -2.0ËšC. Underlying layers were all DF with 0.5mm over 1mm, over 2mm sized grains approaching the ground. Ski Pen 15cm, and Boot Pen to ground (28cm). The low HS has yet to cover the underlying surface roughness on all the slopes over 30Ëš and most under 30Ëš. Very little evidence of wind redistribution / deposition on leeward slopes.

Avalanche

No avalanches observed.