Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Brent Herring · Feb 21, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Snowpack

Variable based on elevation and aspect. Encountered a largely faceted snowpack BTL-NTL N aspects; wind crusts on SE aspects NTL; supportable decaying powder on E aspects BTL; pockets of melt-freeze crusts on S aspects BTL

Avalanche

1) Looked like a small wind slab in the Pk 1-Pk 2 cirque ATL East U R1D1 2) Triggered a small loose dry slide in steep terrain BTL North L AS/u R1D1