Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Brent Herring · Dec 25, 2017 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

snowing and blowing

Snowpack

12"+ fresh on crust-facet sandwich

Avalanche

Did not witness the slide. There were tracks in and out. Appeared a skier triggered it at/near the crown behind the tree looker's right in the photo. Relatively small but ran into a narrow creek bed. Enough debris to bury a person. Best estimate: Crown ~18 in, 25-50 ft wide, ran 100 ft SS-AS/u-R2-D1.5-I/O