Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Wil Rickards · Apr 14, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Started foggy with remnants of snow from previous night. Cloud burned off by 12.00. WInd gusting from West. Lots of snow transportation and scouring. Tempretures were below freezing all morning.

Snowpack

The recent snow was not well bonded and sheared easily, there was another weak layer below that. By mid day the bottom 2 feet was fairly saturated and while the upper layer supported us, once we dug down we bust through. We did not ski anything over 30º.

Avalanche

None seen.