Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Barrett Langendoerfer · Jan 17, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Clear skies, calm winds from NW 0-5mph, air temp -7c, now new snow for a couple of days. Snow in these two locations was soft, fist hardness except at the depth hoar/facet interface which was 4 finger. Seemed to perhaps have a decomposing crust at this interface in places which was 1 finger hardness.

Snowpack

Pit 1: HS 81cm, WNW aspect, 18 degree slope, @ 11,000 ft. elevation, sheltered from wind. CTM11Q2 at 56cm X2. CTM15Q3 at 35cm X2, depth hoar/facet interface, chief concern with additional snow ECTN5 at 62cm ECTN11 at 36cm, depth hoar/facet interface, chief concern with additional snow Pit 2: HS 85cm, NNW aspect, 15 degree slope, @11,300 ft. elevation, sheltered from wind. CTE10Q3 at 65cm. CTM16Q2 at 30cm, depth hoar/facet interface, chief concern with additional snow CTM19Q3 at 30cm, chief concern with additional snow CTH25Q3 at 13cm. ECTN6 at 63cm. ECTN21 at 27cm, chief concern with additional snow

Avalanche

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