Jackson Hole Avalanche came down from the headwall and hits Coulior Restaurant at the top of the gondola at the western mountain resort town of Jackson Wy. At about 9:20am, just prior to the mountain openening to the public an avalanche occured on the south east face of the head wall at approximately 9400 ft in elevation. The specifics of the size of the crown line of the avalanche are not available at this time. What is for certain is that the avalanche was a result of warming tempatures, increased snow load and a notorious ice/rain crust from November located close to the ground on all aspects at elevations above 7600 ft.
The avalanche is reported to have blown out many of the windows of the Coulior Restaurant causing some damage to the three year old building. No one was thought to be killed or injured in the avalanch at this time.
