Boletín de aludes

Gunnison

Crested Butte Avalanche Center
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Alta montaña
4 · Fuerte
Límite del bosque
4 · Fuerte
Bajo el límite
4 · Fuerte
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Desactualizado: este boletín caducó 6 years ago. Estás viendo condiciones pasadas, no el boletín vigente.

Lo esencial

Deadly avalanche conditions exist... Weak layers in the snowpack just took a significant hit overnight. Avalanche sensitivity is on a hair-trigger. Natural avalanches remain possible and could become very large in size reaching valley bottoms. Travel in, or near avalanche terrain should be avoided. Even small steep slopes near Crested Butte pose dangerous avalanche conditions, such as those above Peanut Lake Road. 

Problemas de aludes

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Very Likely
    Tamaño
    2–3

    This avalanche problem is expected to be on a hair-trigger in many areas. Deadly avalanches releasing several feet deep may release naturally today and run from the alpine, all the way down to valley bottoms. Or, a human could remotely trigger an avalanche from a low angled slope connected to a steeper slope. 

    1/31: Natural persistent slabs that were triggered on Sunday by solar warming

  • Storm Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Likely
    Tamaño
    1–2

    Soft slab avalanches can be triggered in the recent snow. This avalanche problem will be around 1 foot thick in many areas, and several feet thick on upper elevation wind-loaded slopes. This avalanche problem also overlies the deadly persistent slab avalanche problem. Avoidance is the travel advice.

    Storm Slab avalanche from earlier this winter.

Avalanche Discussion

1" to 1.5" of water accumulated in a 8 to 14-hour period. That is a significant and rapid load for our weak snowpack. SW winds at the start of the storm gusted to 90mph at upper elevations, before decreasing overnight and becoming west to northwest. With an end to accumulating snowfall, the wind and the sun will be the key factors in continued natural avalanche activity. The alpine wind forecast keeps wind-loading on today's radar. The avalanche problems are on a hair-trigger, and any extra load such as a squirrel, a person, or more wind-loading has a very likely chance to produce an avalanche. 

Here is the current best estimates on snow accumulations from the last storm. Several of these readings came from 3 am, but accumulating snowfall had mostly ended by that time.

Schofield Pass 1.3" to 1.5" SWE

Irwin estimated at 13" to 17” of snow

CBMR Pow Cam: 12” of snow in 24 hours.Butte Snotel: 0.9" SWE

Upper Taylor Snotel: 1” SWE and 14” snow

With the wind forcasted to increase tonight, and another round of snow in the forecast for tomorrow, the threat of very large natural avalanches will continue.

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