Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

David Cudd · Apr 29, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Partly cloudy, some wind, temps around freezing

Snowpack

Fresh couple of inches from day before on top of sun bake.

Avalanche

Ptarmigan peak, Northeast and east facing slope around 12,000’, break was at top of cornice end and wind loaded area running the length of the wind ridge down cutting back onto the northeast facing slope. I do have a video but will need to compress the file. Also, would prefer to not send if these photos are sufficient. Riders were a little embarrassed.