Vail & Summit County
AvalancheJason Konigsberg · Apr 25, 2016 · Vail & Summit County
Weather
Day started off clear and cool Temperatures were in the twenties early this morning. A few clouds moved in throughout the day but plentiful sunshine until 2 PM. Winds were moderate out of the south near ridgetop, light otherwise. Hard to tell how much new snow from the last storm as yesterday's wind redistributed most of the new snow and left isolated pockets of 1 foot deep wind slab and scoured other areas back to the melt-freeze crust.
Snowpack
After widespread wet activity last Friday, the snowpack has recovered well after almost 36 hours of below-freezing temperatures. The snowpack is supportable at all elevations except for the lowest below treeline locations. Near and above treeline a very hard crust formed that is supportable to a person on foot. The snowpack has refrozen below the upper crust and it is hard to find any wet grains on any aspect at any elevation. The top one or two inches of the snowpack moistened with the sun today and there was some minor rollerballing out of steep rocky terrain at the mid-elevations. Wind slabs formed with the strong wind yesterday but they are isolated to lee terrain features and do not seem to be reactive.
Avalanche
Small Loose Wet activity on steep and rocky easterly aspects that likely occurred in the past day or two.