Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Spencer Eudaly · Feb 3, 2020 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Mid 40s at 12,000 feet. South East aspect

Snowpack

Wind Blown "cheetah" snow, at 12,000 Feet on SW-SE aspects

Avalanche

Huge natural avalanche that looked like it was triggered from a cornice fall on a SE facing aspect on Coon Hill that fell a few hundred feet before triggering an avalanche on a persistent slab. Propagated from the saddle in between Coon Hill summit and the Clear Creek Grand Summit Triple Point. Closer to Coon than CCGSTP. The avalanche propagated across roughly 600 feet of slope. Slope angles ranged from high 30s to high 40s. I did not witness the avalanche breaking.