Colorado Avalanche Information Center

K of Sky Chutes

This is near the crown of a historic avalanche that came a few feet from SH-91. It was hard to tell but the crown from all of the Sky Chutes may have been connected. Y-Chute buried SH-91, hitting three passenger vehicles.
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Ledges

Interface of greatest concern is the crust/facet combo down ~30 cm from the surface. Failures here could result in slides stepping down to very weak underlying layers (mostly facets).
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