Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 13, 2018 · Gunnison

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Weather

Consistent light snow during our ski, S-1, with around 1inch accumulated between 9am to 1pm. Winds were generally light at our protected location. Limited visibility into surrounding alpine terrain.

Snowpack

On second lap our group experienced multiple large collapses on the skin track. Collapses were shooting cracks of distances greater than 50ft and one propagated uphill well over 100ft. Snowpack was failing on large grained facets near the ground. One collapse released a small slide with a crown depth of 2+ft.

Avalanche

One skiers triggered slide on uptrack and one debris pile off Schuylkill ridge towards NW end of ridge.(photo)