Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Patrick Hoppe · Apr 22, 2011 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Obscured,snowing (S1), winds out of the west/southwest at 15mph, gusts to 25mph (estimated). Air temp -3C at 0700, 9,000 feet above sea level.

Snowpack

5 cm of recent storm snow. Saw all aspects during tour. South facing had supportable crust in am, but became isothermic in the early afternoon. North facing was wind loaded with 15-20cm on top of supportable 10cm crust (Eccles Pass area). Turns were very nice here. Some older avalanche debris noted crossing bottom of North Chute. Avalanche appeared to be N-HS-R2-D2-O.