Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Seth Hyman · Apr 18, 2015 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Overcast with light to moderate orographic cooling above 12000'

Snowpack

Variable, base layers with ~2 ft of recent storm slab covered by 6" of light dry snow

Avalanche

600 ft across by 1000.ft long ~2ft deep. Remotely caused slope collapse on ascent, and remotely triggered release of slab on descent. Slab released mid slope, slid on hard spring snow pack. Moving slowly and continuously until it reached the amphitheater run-out