Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 15, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Clear blue skies, temps in the high ranging from 30-45, light and steady winds from the north, traces of new snow.

Snowpack

Snowpack: S to E aspects, trace new snow on top of refreeze crust, with the lack of cloud cover the snow quickly warmed up. Snow on N aspects showed no sign of instability.

Avalanche

Avalanche: E aspect small wet slid from cornice fall, Large cornice fall ran 1000ft and S aspect large wet slide WS-S-R1-D1. Many sm to med wet point releases sean on the ski down on southerly slopes.