Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Anonymous · Feb 28, 2019 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Bluebird skies,light to moderate winds from the south. 38 degrees. Increasing temps and sun angle throughout day.

Snowpack

Stable south facing snowpack,melt/freeze cycle previous two days. No obvious signs of instability. No signs of previous avy cycles in this area or other south facing lines in the zone.

Avalanche

3 Wet slabs,1st was a remote trigger 200 yards uphill from skier 1, next two were ski cut triggered by skier 2 on egress to safe zone. 1-2 foot crown, 40 feet wide, point release stepped down to 3-5 feet in the slide path. Surprised to encounter a wet slab this early in season below treeline with low temps and low sun angle.