Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 19, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

WEATHER: overcast, scattered rain and snow showers. warm temps, light west winds

Snowpack

SNOWPACK: Quite warm, unconsolidated snow, punchy. melt water continues to advance, but quite variable, from full depth in shallower areas to 6-10" in others.

Avalanche

AVALANCHES: Several large wet loose avalanches gouging down to ground below E-facing cliff bands. Entrained quite a bit of snow, pushing size 2 range. not quite wet slab, but did propagate horizontally a bit more than the classic triangular shaped wet loose activity.