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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 27, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Sunny, cool and breezy up high. Snow surface stayed dry despite strong solar. Lots of snow moving near and above treeline. Temps stayed cold as new cloud layer came in after noon.

Snowpack

It’s getting supportive! HS roughly 135 cms as average around the terrain we traveled. More like 90 cms well below treeline. Could feel the old buried crusts in a couple spots, and the pack became quite weak at lower elevations.

Avalanche

Noticed a small fresh looking windslab release from the center of RLB. D1 and maybe a bit older but the crown still looked fresh as compared to this mornings ski tracks. Looks like something significant in 4th bowl of Axtell, though my guess is cornice fall and/or windslab release and not persistent slab.