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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 3, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

moderate winds ATL in the morning with blowing snow on Gothic and Baldy from the East. Winds dropped to calm to light. Few clouds. Air temperature at 11:30 AM on ridge was 20 degrees F.

Snowpack

See attached snow pilot plot. This is the first pit this year and perhaps since 2018 so I could be off by one factor of hardness for 1F and P between 0 cm and 64 cm. Compression test: CT 29 Q3 on 1F snow at 15 cm. boot pen: 36 cm

Avalanche

Between Baldy and Schoefield Pass, observed a few U-U-R1-D1 slides on SW/S slopes. See picture.