Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 20, 2013 · Gunnison

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Weather

WEATHER: Warm, mostly cloudy to overcast, calm winds, snow S1

Snowpack

SNOWPACK: West and Southwest facing terrain has a 5cm suncrust over a faceted base. Ski pen at times was full depth and bottomless. Shaded N/NW aspects held mostly 4F hard snow, but was more consolidated and supportive to skiing which was fast and soft. Overall shallow snowpack, with average snowdepth up to 11,000' about 90-100cm. AVY ACTIVITY: No activity observed, but lots of old evidence observed on steep East aspects.