Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Brent Herring · Dec 9, 2016 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

20F, broken cloud cover, winds ENE 20mph, blowing snow

Snowpack

total depth 75cm fist hard storm slab 20cm finger hard wind slab 30cm faceting 25cm, gradient from four finger to fist ECTP6, Q2 on the new-old interface continuation ECTN13 on the depth hoar

Avalanche

NTL-ATL 12k, north aspect, 30-35 deg start zone, gradual convex rollover, R2D1.5, ~300' wide, triggered as I was approaching the start zone. Didn't explore the runout. A lot of hangfire that would funnel. Seemed low energy consistent with ECT results.