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Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 21, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

Temps around 20F at 10,000 ft and 15F at 11,000 ft. light snowfall in the morning, broken around midday, with 1-2inches accumulation. winds up high at 11000 were light from the West, with gusts around 15 The small sunny window had a slight affect on the snow surface on sw aspects. Overcast, snowing lightly in the afternoon.

Snowpack

Snowpack: 6-10” of light powder fell on a variety of surfaces from wind crust, sun crust on sw facing slopes, and week faceted snow below tree line. The new Storm snow is bonding well with the old snow surfaces with no cracking, collapsing, or sluffing observed. persistent week layer exists in a varying amount of snow depth dependent on aspect and elevation. Avalanches: nothing seen. either natural or skier triggered.