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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 14, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: OVC with a couple brief periods of sun before 1200, then clearing in the afternoon.Winds were calm but starting to be light and blowing up Wash Gulch. Afternoon/early evening winds appear to increase dramatically up high.

Snowpack

Snowpack: No cracking/collapsing observed in lesser travelled terrain at Coney’s. NE @10,500? HS 185-190cm ECTP23 down 60cm, ECTP30 down 120cm, PST110/130 END down 120cm

Avalanche

Avalanches: Slab avalanche in West Side of Snodgrass, ran sometime between 0900-1200 on 2/14, same slide pictured in Briebart’s ob. Shallow storm slab on West Side of Gothic (pictured) Persistent slab x2 in SE bowl of Elkton Knob (pictured) Observed a very large crown just below ridgetop on SE/E aspect of Quigley Basin on Baldy, only photo I could get looked like garbage.