On Monday, January 6, 2025, a solo skier was caught and carried in an avalanche path locally known as Timber Falls and King Arthur. He entered the chute from the skier's right and, after a few turns, looked over his shoulder and noticed a large powder cloud coming towards him. He tried to traverse skier's left to to thicker trees. The avalanche knocked him off his feet and carried him most of the way down the chute. When the avalanche stopped, he was uninjured, on top of the debris but without skis or poles. He contacted friends in the area who brought skis to the bottom of the chute. The skier descended using his friends' skis.

The skier previously skied the slope two days before, on Saturday, January 4, 2025. He noticed older, smaller slides below the lower cliff band then.

Observation Summary

skier caught and carried in an avalanche D2. persistent slab broke across terrain feature and partially stepped down. skier carried close to 500 feet through small trees partially buried but luckily coming to a rest above snow. battered but uninjured without skis the skier hiked down and met a rescue party with skis and was able to ski out,

Area Description

East Vail chutes, path locally known as Timber Falls or King Arthurs