Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Teague Holmes · Dec 27, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Avalanche

Possibly more accurate correction to previous Ob: Multiple avalanches from East through North with one continuous crown about .5 mile wide North facing and extending BTL. Peak 2 natural avalanche fractured from center cirque due east between 1 and 2 with a continuous crown and wrapped at least to NE below and N of summit. Then the even more continuous crown a few hundred feet below and East of summit, crossing countless terrain features, continuing to below treeline. Even past the last major vertical running rock feature at about 11,200' A solid mile long of avalanches. The near and below treeline avalanche was up to a half mile long and was multiple large R2 and 3? It likely initiated below east ridge east of 2 summit but no way for us to know for certain as vis was not great. I have skied here a lot to say the least and have never seen it propagate that far from high alpine to below treeline.