Details

• Date: 2016/02/01

• Observer: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
• Area Description: Benchmark Bowl; specifically the Eastern Half of Abe's, Tweener's and CDC (all one slide)

Weather

• Weather Description: Heavy snow and wind

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Went to look down at Abes from top of hike, and there was a very heavy and deep layer of punchy snow

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: Eastern Half of Abe's, Tweener's and CDC (all one slide)... I'd say there was at least a 18 inch crown; big chunks of snow. Ive seen many sluff-slides in Tweeners, but nothing like this. This was the first time in 11 years Ive ever seen one consistent (big) crown from Abe's all the way down past CDC. I noticed the only 2 skier tracks continued down to Old Man's. Thinking that they set it off from up top and then went to Old Man's.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2016/02/01  †	Vail Chutes	1	TL	E	SS	AU	R3	D2
Date: 2016/02/01 (Estimated) Area Description: From Abraham's south past Tweeners to CDC Landmark: Vail Chutes Elevation: 11500 ft Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Average Crown: 18 in Comments: Very long crown

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