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Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 5, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

Sky Cover: CLR Wind Speed: Calm Wind Direction: N Current Temp:0 to -5°C Trend:Increasing Blowing Snow: None

Snowpack

Snow becoming moist on SE slopes, about 4 cm below the surface. Cold, dry snow below that. Thin crust on SSE, but not on ESE. Very little wind to speak of. Surface facets and surface hoar out there. The surface hoar is getting beat down on sunny slopes, but still there on the shadies. We saw several R1 D1.5 wet slides as well.