Vail & Summit County

Snowpack

Tim Zander · May 3, 2013 · Vail & Summit County

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Weather

Warm with minimal breeze or cloud cover

Snowpack

down low (9k) snow was wet. In some areas a pole would go deeply, but in general, compact snow. At 10k aspect played more role. SE aspects were wet, east and NE aspects had a crust with 1-2 inches of dry snow underneath. Noticed some mild whumphing but no shooting cracks and areas that collapsed were localized and small