Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 21, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: S1-S2 West light to Mod

Snowpack

Snowpack: exposed areas 20-30cm drifts in skin track in short period of time fresh cornice development easy shears under HST ~30-35cm in FC/SH layer on crust. besides the 2 avalanches, , no propagation seen underfoot.

Avalanche

Avalanches: SS-R3-D1.5/2? (poor visibility) W facing, 9,600ft, ~270ft wide opposite the R.L. skin track in gulley feature, anything steep ~40* had a distinct crown with ~10cm refill SS-R1-D1.5/D2 (poor vis)~150ft wide E facing ~@ 11,300 E facing just right to skin trick ~38-40* ~10cm refill~ unknown amount of debris below in forest, still a good amount of "slumped" snow on the bed surface. and a few small D1 pockets on Kebler road