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Avalanche

(Public) Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Feb 22, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: howling & cold all day, heavy transport drifting upslope from NE and loading top of California bowl (transport from the bottom) forming a new ~3ft cornice @ 10,800 on the blunt ridge in a break in the trees

Snowpack

Snowpack: 1 medium whumpf in heavily ski tracked conifer forest above weather station plot meadow @ 10,700 Propagation on PST X 2 on Gothic Road SE @ 9550 45/100 END down 70cm Failed on 4mm FC F hard 20cm above ground interface w/ MFCR Knife to 1F slab HS 100cm 40/110 END Same-Same

Avalanche

Avalanches: none