Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 27, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

WEATHER: Clear, warm, moderate winds throughout day.

Snowpack

SNOWPACK/AVALANCHE OBS: Exactly as described on the bulletin. The top of the bowl had small wind slabs and bigger cornices. There’s about a foot of new snow deposited on the old surface and the upper half of this is warm and dense. In the middle of the sandwich was drier, winter-like snow. Ski cutting didn’t produce any activity. There’s evidence of wet, loose slide activity from yesterday – most likely initiated by small cornice drops. We were out of there before anything heated up too much.