Vail & Summit County

Avalanche

Kyle Sovada · Mar 28, 2021 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Broken sky, air temp in low 20's, light to moderate wind

Snowpack

Snowpack on similar aspects/slope was anywhere from 100-200cm snow, 30-50cm+ basal facets that is developing more dense/firm snow on top due to both radiation and wind loading.

Avalanche

It appears that this started as a natural loose point-release in a small gully near rocks above the obvious crown, then likely propagated across wind-loaded area under rockcliffs, and then eventually broke to ground near willows/small trees. Unknown time of slide, observed at approx 11am 3/27/21 U-N-R2-D2-O