Vail & Summit County
AvalancheAnonymous · Apr 14, 2019 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Very warm and calm weather when I saw the slide path. It looked very fresh when I passed by it. Up higher in elevation it was reportedly very windy and cold, but lower down it was calm and hot. I observed no wind until I broke out of treeline.
Snowpack
S.W. facing aspect, which had been cooking in the sun. I did not do a snow pit test as I was not the one who triggered slide.
Avalanche
Looks as if skiier triggered it right as they dropped I, and weaved in and out of the path as they were going down, eventually cutting to the right of the picture to fully escape. Did not talk to anybody who said they were the one who triggered it. The debris from the first slide triggered a very small sympathetic slide down another little hill.