Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 22, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear to scattered clouds. Southwest winds with max gust 62 @ 2 pm and diminishing avg.35/ Max Temp 12000 16F Max Temp at 10200' 27F Min Temp 12000' 8F Min Temp 10200' with no precipitation.

Snowpack

Snow stayed cold throughout the day with 15" storm total. Lots of grauple out there with noticable pooling on Ruby, Owen and most slopes skied. Fair bonding of the new snow with old crust surfaces. Skier triggered two R1-D1 avalanches with ski cuts in steep East facing terrain. Both broke 30 feet wide, 8" deep running on the old sun crust.