Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 21, 2017 · Gunnison

Weather: Snowing 2-3 inches an hour, zero wind.

Snowpack: Breaking trail through 24 inches of snow of estimated four-percent density. Five inches of new on skintrack after one lap.

Avalanches: surface sluffing only on steeper pitches caused by tree bombs and from skiing, some "creep" as well on rollers but no propagation.