Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 27, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

windy and mosty sunny

Snowpack

Hasty pit revealed a roughly 2-3 foot snow depth. Very slight wind crust on top. The top 3/4's was fairly consistent and formed a really loosely bonded slab. The bottom 1/4 was straight sugar. It skied nice and was supportive to boot level. On steeper shots we noticed a lot of cracking, some cracks propagated over 10 ' to an adjacent slope. There really was not enough energy to make an avalanche, but I think that will change as the top portion forms into a more cohesive slab.