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(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Apr 4, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cold! Windy! Full winter. Winds in the upper 20’s, 1 inch of fresh snow, bluebird.

Snowpack

(Happened last week naturally) Location: Due East summit bowl of Whetstone, 12,500ft. Ran 500 feet. Lots of old Wind slabs breaking from cornice. from last weeks brutal wind event. Although yesterday’s storm accumulation of 1” wasn’t much, strong winds had already fully loaded in the old crown.

Avalanche

Upper northerlies still skiing cold and dry. We skied down the summit ridge to avoid cornices and wind loading to jump on the unaffected cold snow. East faces were extremely wind loaded.