Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Kelli Rohrig · Dec 31, 2022 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

~25F , it snowed S-1 most the day. Calm to light winds from the west.

Snowpack

Pit location 11,100', N, 25 degree slope HS 132cm Main layer of concern is a MF crust down 104cm compromised ECT (test was post remote trigger) ECTP14 on MF layer @ 28cm

Avalanche

3 slides, maybe one more but I buggered out due to instabilities All 3 slides went remote from cutting my ECT 1. HS-ASr-R3-D3-O crown line >1m 2. HS-ASr-R2-D2-O 3. HS-ASr- R1.5-D2-O