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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 20, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Clear, steady WNW winds at the summit.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Fresh windslabs in RL bowl forming just below the ridge at the summit. Lots of collapsing off the skintrack along the ridge. Glades were recycled powder up high, becoming crusty down lower. Redwell basin looked thin and wind-hammered.

Avalanche

Remotely triggered (intentional) ENE slope by taking two steps off the skintrack where the slope steepens and the trees thin. D1, but flushed through trees. Observed a natural D1.5 on an east-facing slope across Redwell basin.