Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 15, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather Splitter. Zero wind until we hit the Emmons summit ridge, then very light from the NW. Sunny all day.

Snowpack

Snowpack Red Lady Glades alternated between breakable crust, mashed potatoes, and creamy powder. Snow was very dependent on sky cover, aspect, and elevation; surface conditions varied on a scale of feet.

Avalanche

Lots of small natural slides in Red Lady Bowl and off of Scarp Ridge. Mostly just sluffing snow, D1 maybe D2 at the largest (biggest appeared to be human trigged sluff from skiing Redwell) and isolated to steepest slopes. Saw evidence of a recent slab avalanche on a steep shaded slope in Redwell, but was way too far away to see anything else.