Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 27, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Cold, sunny most of day with light clouds moving in midafternoon, light wind with stronger gusts visible transporting snow above treeline, no precipitation.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Boottop creamy snow skied great.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Unintentional skier triggered 8-10" soft slab on crust (storm snow/wind affected?) breaking on 30+ degree rollover below treeline. Propagated ~60 feet across and slowly ran down slope behind skier ~300' before stopping on bench. East/Northeast facing slope to skiers right of Pittsburg proper.