Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Ron Simenhois · Dec 5, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Increasing clouds and S-1 snow

Snowpack

The snowpack is marginally reactive with 30-40 cm of soft slab over a weak FC layer. Cracks under my skies stopping ~1 m from my skies on flat terrain and propagating further on sleeper terrains (E-S) aspects. I trigger a small As-SS-D1-G/O on a small > 30 degrees slope with a ski cut.

Avalanche

Small SS avalanche with ski a cut.