Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Nov 9, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Clear calm and sunny.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Powder. Approx 20 inches of new snow or whatever the exact storm totals were for Washington Gulch area.

Avalanche

Avalanches: North face of baldy. Approx 100-200 feet from summit. 2.5ft crown. Approx 100 ft. Wide ran for several hundred feet. Being conservative. Looks to have slid on an old storm layer possibly a wind slab near the ground. I did not inspect the bed surface. Avalanche was soft slab and fairly slow moving.