Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 31, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Sky: Broken Air Temp: 4 c Wind: Light N0 precipitation

Snowpack

Snowpack: Snow surface; - 2c 20 CM down: - 4 c Group dug Two snow pits: NE aspect, incline 32, 9866 elevation (2) CT1 SP on 27cm down on 2mm-3mm facet layer ECT 3 SP on 27cm down on 2mm-3mm facet layer Other pit: NE aspect, incline 26, 9850 elevation CT4 SC 23 cm down on 2mm-3mm facet layer ECT 11 SC 23 cm down on 2mm-3mm facet layer Both groups observed collapsing during their tour up. Also saw shooting cracks on the up track.

Avalanche

We saw old slides on NE aspect of all three bowls (1st, 2nd, 3rd) of snodgrass around 10, 400 - 11,000