Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 11, 2011 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cold temps with increasing clouds. Mod. NW winds with periods of blowing snow at TL and observed ridgetop plumes throughout day on Gothic Mt.

Snowpack

Skied NE slopes below treeline in both valleys. Avoided exposed terrain but still experienced widespread cracking and collapsing in soft (F-4F) snow. Cracks would inititate in soft snow on slopes 30 degrees or less. Some cracks travelled 15 feet and remote triggered small soft slabs that wouldn't go past gliding motion. Everything seemed contained to the storm snow