Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Nov 26, 2018 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear, cold, calm wind

Snowpack

Still very reactive, multiple collapses and cracking, especially on the northern side of the compass. Dug on a 20* previously windloaded feature at 11k. Easy, repeatable failures on facets 65 cm below surface. HS 120 cm.

Avalanche

Top of first bowl slid sometime during the storm. Couldn’t see slide dimensions, and crown had been partially filled back in.