Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Nathanial Goodman · Jan 15, 2015 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

NO precipitation. lots of solar intensity. Long sleeve rolled up in sun, cold in shade. Clear skies moved to > 1/8 cloud cover by end of day

Snowpack

152 SH 1-2 mm 152-138 DF 1.5-.25mm F 138-134 SH 9-27mm, FCsf 1-2mm 134-121 RG .25mm 4F 121-103 FCxr .5mm 4F+ 103-90 FC .5mm 1F 90-49 FCxr .5mm P 49-39 FC 1-1.5mm 4F, MFcl 3mm P - Three distinct crusty bands with FC in-between and above/below 39-28 FC 1-2mm 1F 28-0 FC 2mm 4f-

Avalanche

Ski Cut NNE facing terrain Adjacent to pit on Convex rollover < or equal to 40degrees