Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Jordan Zdanek · Apr 16, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Mixed sunshine and clouds. Warm with rising temps.

Snowpack

Recent wind loading. Evidence of dust layers. Rapid warming with abundant roller balls

Avalanche

NE/E aspect. Recent wind drifted snow. Natural release that stepped down to older layers. 2nd smaller slide was on same aspect but did not seem to step down to older layers. First D2.5 R4, second slide D2 R2