After the guy who got caught in an avy on the same east vail chutes a couple weeks ago, you'd think people would learn from it. East vail chutes should not be ridden at this time by anyone. I've ridden it on a snowboard about 10 years ago. It was sketchy even in better setup snow conditions. Stay off the steep slopes this year fellas. Even up north there is a lot of horrible sugar snow on the bottom of all these recent feet of fresh we've had the past couple weeks.