Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Nov 9, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Sunny, hot! +4 at 11 am at 12,000′. Calm winds becoming light from the West afternoon.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Average about a foot of snow, rapid settlement throughout the day. Intermittent old snow either 4-6 cm of 1-2mm facets or an old crust. Mostly just the new snow. Near surface facets noted in the cold morning, gone by afternoon. Full snowpack was moist by 2 pm.

Avalanche

Avalanches: SS-N-R2-D1 noted in the saddle between Ruby and Owen. Looks to have run mid storm. Some debris piles noted on the East faces of Ruby and Owen looks like dribblers that also ran midstorm.