Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 20, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

overcast in am, snowing and blowing in afternoon, clearing out to broken skies at sunset.

Snowpack

7cms of new snow on West slopes at 10k above townsite. Resting on stout MF crust (10cm thick) on solar aspects. Strong winds blowing new snow around from NW at ridge top and down valley N winds at valley floor. No new instabilities noted (yet).