Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Mike Soucy · Jan 18, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

View on map

Weather

Light with short periods of moderate snowfall, Overcast skies, Moderate NW wind transporting snow onto S-SE aspects.

Snowpack

15cm overnight snow, 30cm total since Thursday

Avalanche

ATL-S-SS-U-R2-D2 Likely ran 1/18 AM. There was a traversing track in the vicinity, but not an obvious human trigger. Slab 1-3' thick, ~300' wide, and ran to just above the creek bed ~600' long. It appeared to run within wind-transported storm snow only, didn't look like it stepped down to older layers.