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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Nov 28, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Blue skies & very little wind. Single digits in the morning, warming to the lower 20s by afternoon.

Snowpack

HS 90-95cm on shaded NE slopes; upper 20cm unconsolidated new snow sitting on a soft crust. HS much lower (did not measure, but maybe 20cm) on sunny SW slopes; but compacted and supportable with 8-10cm soft sun on the surface.

Avalanche

Very slow moving sloughs (top 20cm) on 36-38 shaded slopes. Very slow moving shallow slough/slab (10cm sun crust) on 32-34 degree sunny slope.