Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Mar 28, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Sunny and warm.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Sun crust turning slushy.

Avalanche

Avalanches: At 11:05 am I watched a good size avalanche rip from Climax Chutes (I think- I’m not a backcountry skier) as I was skate skiing on Mike’s Mile almost directly below the point of release. Luckily, it landed in a bowl and did not proceed up the bowl’s incline and on down to the valley floor where I was. Just a minute or two later a much smaller avalanche let go on a neighboring smaller chute. About 20 minutes later, as I was with other Nordic skiers calling out trying to determine if people were in trouble, we saw three people descend the ridge. Eventually the one skier and two snowboarders who had triggered the slide came out safely. Close call.