Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 19, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

mostly sunny skies with slight breeze with a gradual transition to mostly cloudy skies to breeze. Breeze didn’t have velocity to transport snow.

Snowpack

Southeast aspest along skin track had “crunchy sun crust. East side of Snodgrass: Hand test below ridge revealed sun crust underlain by facets. This cycle repeated itself for a depth of 16 to 20 cm. At same elevation band as aspens, snow transitioned to stiff wind slabs to Gothic road.

Avalanche

On east side of Snodgrass, observed older avalanche debris in a terrain trap and a recent N-LS-R1 on SE aspect (slide may have occurred within last 72 hours).