Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 27, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

Warm, low 30's at approx. 11am, intermittent overcast skies and light winds at the Kebler TH. On the way up the skin track, winds increased, transporting snow into the skin track to a depth of about 4" in open locations. Groppel was coming down at one point, no other snow coming down. Winds from the S/SW @ 10-15mph.

Snowpack

Ski pen in the skin track was variable, up to 10+" but seemed to average about 4". The new load came from yesterday's/last night's snow. In open areas, the storm snow depth appeared to be approx. 8-10".