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GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS

493472

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id493,472
episode_id82,058
begin_utc2013-12-22T22:45:00+00:00
end_utc2013-12-22T22:55:00+00:00
stateCOLORADO
cz_typeZ
cz_nameGORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct1
injuries_indirect0
damage_property0.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceDepartment of Highways
episode_narrativeSnow was limited through much of the fall of 2013. Then a snowy period occurred at the beginning of December in the Vail area. However, dry and cold weather followed until December 21st when a foot of new snowfall occurred in the Vail area. This new snowfall laying on a weakened snowpack produced dangerous avalanche conditions for the first day of winter, when this skier triggered avalanche occurred.
event_narrativeA party of 3 skiers entered the Abrahams-East Vail Chutes area on December 22 after a foot of new snow had fallen during the previous 24 hours. One skier trekked down the chutes area, followed by a second skier who triggered an avalanche at the 11,700 foot level and was carried over 200 feet and then over a 20 foot cliff. The skier caught in the avalanche was buried up to his neck by the debris after the slide slowed. Two other skiers helped to extricate the injured skier who sustained leg injuries.
year2,013

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