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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 3, 2019 · Gunnison

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Weather

New snow accumulations ranged from 3-6” landing on a 2cm sun crust on S-SE aspects. Surface forms consisted of graupel and new snow, most old ski track where fully covered back up. Photos:

Snowpack

Sky’s Overcast (OVC) to Obscure (X) at times, Precipitation went from snow (SN) and mixed graupel (GR) S1-S2, Winds out of the S-SW Mod to heavy gusts, with snow plums and transport.

Avalanche

5-2” Wind slabs formed in leaward areas SE And where touchy to skier travel, releasing and intraining gully gullie features close to the Kebler TH No other instabilities where observed