Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 15, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

WEATHER: Overcast ovc, snowing lightly S1 in the morning. S2 afternoon. Moderate winds from the W.

Snowpack

SNOWPACK/AVALANCHE OBS: From the Emmons summit we skied towards Evans basin on a thin wind blown surface. 10 to 20cm deep. on a mixture of wind a sun crusts. In the shaded timber 15-20cm of new snow lays on a facet base and in the sunny areas the new snow rests on sun crusts. No activity seen throughout the day from ski cuts and no results from hand sheers. Not enough snow for CT or ECT’s