Gunnison

Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 30, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cold and clear. Traveling uphill on southerly slopes was very warm but with little discernible change in snow surface

Snowpack

Traveling up hill through north facing terrain produced several large and rumbling collapses with shooting cracks running hundreds of feet (see photo). Skiing southwest terrain we traveled through 12 to 15 inches of consolidating storm overlying a stout sun crust.

Avalanche

Observed a new large natural in Baxter basin.