Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 7, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear becoming overcast by mid afternoon. Warm, dead calm

Snowpack

anything slightly East tilted had a stout sun crust from yesterday. Shaded northerly slopes holding dry surface faceted and DF's even down to valley floor. Found 40cm of F-4F snow over a 2cm P+ hard crust at 11,300'. Well bonded with only an easy failure found with hand shears in top 3cm of snowpack. Old avy paths filling in but very weak structure. No instabilities found all day while travelling up and down 35-40 degree terrain. Zero instability found.