Vail & Summit County
AvalancheDavid Engdahl · Feb 4, 2018 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
OVC, s-1, wsw: 25-35mph, heavy loading previously
Snowpack
Recently deposited thicker hard slab above a couple smaller sandwiched 1F/P slabs that we've previously worked and could not get to go. This slide took out everything above the depth hoar and facets above ground (approx 40 cm). This area is lee to winds as they wrap around Tucker Mtn and load from the south. The rest of the terrain is relatively soft snow in adjacent paths.
Avalanche
AE-HS-R2-D2.5-O (10#petn), started 20m wide, pulled out lower paths sympathetically, ran aprox 600' Asp: 45 deg, slope: 35 deg, 11500'