Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Ben Shipowitz · Nov 25, 2017 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

11,500, N, Fremont Pass. Clear skys with no precipitation. Light graupel from yesterday on surface. No blowing snow.

Snowpack

Fremont Pass, N, 11,500. After stepping off the skintrack around 11,200 immediate whumph and cracking propagated. Dug pit at 11500 N 30 degree aspect. The most recent storm has settled into the top 20cm of the snowpack with a 4F hardness. The bottom 50cm is sugary depth hoar with F hardness. Surface temp -7 @20cm -4 ECTP10 Q2/3 @45cm, STM

Avalanche

Noticed what appeared to be large crowns and debris from afar ATL on N aspects