Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Skier triggered slide up Little French gulch outside of Breck. We ski cut at the top of the ridge and triggered this release. It was a shallow hard slab release, about 8-10" deep. 28°-30° slope, NE aspect, above treeline, approx 11,500ft. The slide was about 30' wide at the fracture, ran for about 500'. No one was caught, we skied down in the trees to the side of the slide. In the picture you can see our tracks to the right of the slide, and you can see tracks from the day before to the left.