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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Jan 31, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Sunny and clear skies. Around 10am.

Snowpack

Snowpack: My best guess is it was storm slab that failed on the mid January facet layer. The debris was still fairly soft but deep enough to catch and bury a skier.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Skier triggered R4 D1.5. Released near the top of the slope in the middle of the convexity and propagated across most of the face.