Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Sunshine Edwards · Dec 15, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Cold temps (12F @ 12pm) and Calm winds, no precipitation.

Snowpack

Weak snow pack, shooting cracks, whoompfs, and recent avalanches observed during our tour with avalanche level 1 students in the Mayflower gulch area.

Avalanche

SS-U-R1-D1-G. There was skier tracks on the mellow terrain above where the avalanche happened, possibly remote triggered with a small sympathetic avalanche just upstream along the creek.