Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 14, 2015 · Gunnison

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Weather

Warm, clear, light wind.

Snowpack

Shallow snowpack. Got 4 or 5 wet slab style collapses on E and SE aspects below treeline, and one on a S aspect near treeline.

Avalanche

Skier triggered 2 very small wet slabs, about 8-10" deep, 30' wide on E to ENE aspects below treeline. They broke on wet depth hoar. There were several glide avalanches that ran sometime since the last storm, failing at the ground on rock slabs.