Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Kelli Rohrig Arden Feldman · Apr 8, 2018 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

We had a bit of everything as far as weather today. Slight drizzle, graupel, snow S-1, sun. Light ridgetop wind increased during the day.

Snowpack

Hasty pit East @ 11,800' HS 185 cm, HST 75 (2 day total) ECTP5, CTE1 SP, CTE2 RP down 25 cm- failure in the storm snow Other layers of concern- 110-106- MF crust 100-106 cm 1F 80-100 cm 4F moist 80 cm down to ground- F wet Large faceted grains @ the bottom

Avalanche

2 x wet loose E @ 11,500' R1D1 Visible was too obscured for accurate details