Gunnison
AvalancheCrested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 17, 2015 · Gunnison
Weather
11:30 @ 11,200’ - SE Aspect: Clear, 6ºC, light wind from south, T20: 0ºC, SkiPen: 5cm, BootPen: full leg; 12:30 @ 12,400’ - Summit: Clear, 8ºC, moderate wind from south, T20: -1ºC, Ski Pen: 10cm, Boot Pen: 10cm 14:30 @ 11,800’ - SSW Aspect: Mostly sunny, 11ºC, calm, T20: -2ºC, SkiPen: 5cm, BootPen: 10cm
Snowpack
Climbing up through and above RLG I found mostly wet snow with free water present on SE aspects. SW/W aspects clearly get hot in afternoon as they are all runneled. Skied far skier’s left of RLB and found 5 to 10 cm of wet snow over still cold (-2ºC). At 12:45 it was moist and dense, but not yet wet. Surface produced insignificant surface sliding and a handful of rollerballs and pinwheels.
Avalanche
Evidence of recent wet slab activity on multiple faces, mostly SE aspects.