Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 6, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Overcast with no precip and light wind in morning. Air temp was 1*C at 12:50. At approx 13:00, SW wind increased with moderate gusts and precip began.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Variable conditions depending on aspect. Sun crust on S & SE aspects. Cold, faceted snow in sheltered, N --> E aspects. Crust at 5" depth on E aspect, BTL. Wind transport was observed beginning at 13:00 on top of Coneys. Visible crown and debris from remote triggered slide on 3/2. No signs of instability were observed today.

Avalanche

Avalanches: We came a crossed a large debris pile at the bottom of the Pencil, A persistent slab D2.5 ripped out from the upper SE flank, moving rock and trees with it running 100ft a crossed and 1000ft down from the exit of the couloir.