Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Anonymous · Apr 18, 2015 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Intermittent snow all day, up to S1. Skies-Cloudy-Obscured. Wind- Calm-Light North. Temps all over the place, intense greenhouse effect

Snowpack

HN 35cm @ 12,000', east aspect in Humbug Gulch. The new snow was strengthening, from F-4F and sitting on a prominent crust/facet interface, the likely weak layer in the avalanches listed below. Localized cracking in skin track. Storm snow observed as slightly upside-down.

Avalanche

Mayflower Gulch, Drift Pk shoulder- SS-N-R2-D2-I, East aspect, >tl. Humbug Gulch, Mayflower Hill- SS-N-R4-D2-I, East aspect, >tl. Highway 92 corridor, unknown path, SS-N-R2-D2-I, East aspect, @tl