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Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 21, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Partly Sunny, broken, before noon, Overcast in the pm

Avalanche

Avalanches: Skier trigger windslab in 40+ degree couloir above tree line. 8″-12″ deep, 15′ feet wide. Cleaned out the middle of the couloir but left small slabs (hangfire) on the sides intact. Just exciting enough for the skier that triggered it.