Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Fisher Martin ยท Mar 17, 2020

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Weather

Generally clear skies with clustered clouds, sunset

Snowpack

11,200 feet - 12,000 feet on East-Southeast Aspects: Breakable crust, solid enough that skinning would not consistently break through though skiing did. Below the crust was 2-4 inches of softer snow above a very firm base. Steeper sections featured areas of firm snow that was not breakable.

Avalanche

The gully below Point 12,701 (just south of the Tunnel along the Divide) on a West-Northwest facing aspect slid on Sunday morning. This had clearly slid at least for a second time by Tuesday evening. Both appeared to be wet slides, initiated between 12,000-12,200