Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Patrick McKnight · Mar 25, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Variable weather, periods of clear and calm, but clouds and light wind increased throughout the day. Snow surface warmed by 1400 on W aspects NTL and BTL.

Snowpack

We found two prominent crusts in the upper snowpack on W aspects 11300 ft. The 3/13 crust, with another crust above that(we are calling it the 3/20 crust). NW just had the 3/20 crust where we dug. CT tests had moderate sudden results below the 3/20 crust, as well as hard results on an interface of rounding FC and rounding DH about 50cm up from the ground. HS averaged around 135cm. These layers were hard to effect, we got ECTXs but we also got a propagating results and a PST 40/100 50cm up. A rutschblock produced no results.

Avalanche

None avalanches, cracking, or whumphing observed.