Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Wil Rickards · Mar 30, 2017 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

sunny & windless

Snowpack

Dug a pit at the ridge which was pretty wind scoured through the season. Good cornice on South side. Few inches of new snow, inches of wet snow and then temperature gradient snow at the bottom. The top layer released with 4 from the wrist on a shovel compression test. The wet snow pulled out on the TG when the back of a column was isolated.

Avalanche

Did not see any release but saw slides on South facing slopes below cliff bands.