Gunnison

Avalanche

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 5, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Bluebird day, but windy on ridge top. Wind was mostly coming out of the North and was very chilly. We could see heavy snow transport from the wind off Mt. Emmons into the bowl.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Skied 2 laps, a bit of a wind crust up high but very nice snow about halfway down the slope. No avalanche activity noted while skiing but we had several collapses on the skin track up. New snow hasn't formed into any sort of slab. Ski pen was roughly at boot line.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Noted a couple avalanches on Schuykill and Redwell, see photos. Cornice on Schuykill ridge looked a little scary, especially around the nob.