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BC Zone Observation Report

Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Vail & Summit County

Details

Date: 2020/01/30

Observer: Public

Location

BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
Area Description: Skiers left chute of K in SKY chutes.

Weather

Weather Description: Partly cloudy with some flurries

Snowpack

Snowpack Description: 18in storm slab on suncrust

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: West facing. At treeline. Skier triggered. 18in crown x 30-40ft wide and ran about 100ft on sun crust underneath. Observed smaller slide down lower that looked to be 1-2 days old on side walls of chute. Appeared to be Skier triggered as well.

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2020/01/29 ^†

10-mile Range

1

TL

W

SS

AS

R1

D1.5

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Bottom 40-50 ft of slide debris (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/jef93et3de81kfzvlre7y1a2asao?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=286247a15a397f87f68be5296b3d60b7','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Smaller slide in lower section on side wall (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/n89wqa8p0mu7g2aqoi28vfvbvl00?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=6cba980f821486f02221e20c27d86b18','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 3:</b> Smaller slide in lower section on side wall (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/fd7oj0rcmysmcg8kmu8bejz35c9c?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=55547c8ae6b3687e4421e6d864913d01','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)