Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 9, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear and HOT with a light breeze out of the NW

Snowpack

The persistent slab structure was found on N-NE terrain at 10,500ft. A quick pit reveled hand hardness of F20cm 4F30cm 1F30cm HS230cm. A 1.5mm faceted interface 40cm down was tested by a compression test resulting in CTH22Q2. Another layer of concern was found 90cm down while doing a shovel sheer. It had lots of resistance but came out as planer with 2mm rounding facets. N-NE faces stayed dry while E faces warmed up and started to crust up around 3:30pm, Surface Hoar was present in protected slopes and shaded terrain. No other instability’s were observed.

Avalanche

Small D1 wet loose on the east face of gothic, small sluffing on N-NE aspects.