Avalanche

West Elk / Ruby Range boundary

Ben PritchettGunnison
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Quick report

Settled, well-bonded, dry snow above treeline on southeast. Below about 10,000' on southerly slopes, the snow has now gone through multiple melt-freeze cycles.

Weather

Warm, calm, few clouds.

Avalanche

Saw 4x small recent slab avalanches in the aprons below cliffs on Mt. Axtell's northeast side. (CBAC forecaster note: these avalanches are coded in this observation https://cbavalanchecenter.org/view-observations/#/view/observations/2ad1c713-8009-4c84-a6ac-872c852f200e)