Vail & Summit County
AvalancheEric Gallagher · Jan 6, 2017 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Hippy Trees/ 100 Turns West and South Facing 10,600-12,000 Sunny and clear skies, cold
Snowpack
Hippy Trees/ 100 Turns West and South Facing 10,600-12,000 On the west facing slopes, snowpack had about 8 inches of new snow with had pack directly under it. On the south facing slope, snowpack had been scoured by wind and was much thinner, snowpack collapsed under us a couple of times.
Avalanche
Hippy Trees/ 100 Turns West and South Facing 10,600-12,000 On our route we observed no avalanches