Gunnison

Avalanche

CBAC Public · Feb 19, 2023 · Gunnison

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Weather

Moderate to strong gusts out of the W Partly cloudy & OVC Precip: S-2

Snowpack

Crusts observed at snows surface and below recent storms snow. We observed a 2cm crust below two previous storm/wind transported snow events. The avalanche seemed to step down into two recent events.

Avalanche

At tree-line, we traversed over to above Little Lady Bowl preparing for our descent. We arrived at the mouth to regroup before traveling the ridgeline, here, a few members of our group felt a callapse. As we traveled along with bowls ridgeline in sub 20 degree terrain we regrouped and noticed a SE pocket remote triggered. We investigated the slide before descending our favorite red lady glades lap becasue is was our plan D and the safest descent for the day.