Vail & Summit County
AvalancheKelli Rohrig · Dec 24, 2019 · Vail & Summit County
Snowpack
@ 11100' ENE HS 100cm ECTP26 and 29, failed at large facet interface down 80cm Upper 20cm is faceted (great skiing), midpack is starting to degrade but the slab is still hanging in there. LARGE (10-15mm) surface hoar on most aspects treeline and below. The sun had killed off south facing hoar, but there were plenty of survivors keeping their structure on N-W. Reports of SH living above TL on all aspects.
Avalanche
From the 13-15 December storm: 11100' HS N R3D2 NE-N 10600' HS N R3D2 N-NW 12000' HS N R2D2 S more slides identified, but facet skiing was calling From Xmas eve WL N 2 x R1D1 S