Vail & Summit County
AvalancheGary Smith · Mar 24, 2020 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Mostly cloudy and gusty AM to mostly sunny and gusty PM. Below freezing in the slide path all day.
Snowpack
Deep, cold, dry new snow on all aspects in the morning. Snow began feeling 'upside down' yesterday for the first time since the storm began.
Avalanche
Top of slide path went on what appeared to be just the new wind transport ~8", path stepped down to somewhere mid storm another 8", finally took all new snow which had drifted in nearly 3 ft thick. Crown face was finger density. Bed surface smooth and finger/pencil density. Found around 2:30-3 pm. Ran relatively recently as there was little new snow/wind transport on debris.