Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 25, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Sunny, High Temps 25 at Ridge top, 35 at study plot. Winds SW averaging 19, max gust 55mph. Strong Solar Radiation, with a cold wind up high.

Snowpack

Settled storm snow dry in the morning got wet in the pm on anything southerly with some rollerballs and fly-paper in places. No signs of instabilities observed. Isolated pockets of hardslab, between 3” to 12” thick on crossloaded features sitting on old wind-hardened surfaces. Unreactive to ski cuts and airblasts.