VIDEO: East Vail Avalanche Buries Skier on Dec. 22nd An avalanche caught and nearly fully buried a skier in the East Vail Chutes in Colorado on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013. His brother captured the rescue on his GoPro camera. The East Vail Chutes are located between Vail Pass and Vail ski area. The skier caught in the avalanche, Edwin, received a knee injury. “Once I started sliding headfirst […] Avalanche SnowBrains | December 25, 2013 4 Comments