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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 23, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Wind gusts above TL easily pushing 45+mph.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Storm snow seemed to average about 30cm but some drifts up to 50cm near TL.

Avalanche

Intentionally skier triggered this persistent slab R1.5 above some pretty steep and suspect terrain that no one really skies but is right off the skin track. Quite a stubborn release, but failed at or near the ground. Crown was approx 50 ft wide and well over a meter in places. There were also three visible R1 storm slabs in the bowl. And one a bit below the aforementioned intentional trigger.