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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 18, 2019 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: ATL and NTL: obscured skies with calm to light winds. BTL-Broken skies and calm.

Snowpack

Snowpack: two whumps on skin track: at location of yesterdays site of the remote avalanche at NTL; second on south ridge near main cornice area that has no trees to the west. I was at least 100 feet from my partner and heard them. BTL and less than 28 degrees-sun crust is 4 inches below new snow in open areas and within aspens.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Skiers left side of main bowl: U-NC-R1-D2. visibility was too poor to take a picture. In English, cornice break cause slide in the bowl.