Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 03/25/2020
Name: Eric Murrow
Subject: Recent avalanches
Elevation: 8900 – 11400′
Avalanches: Two fresh deeper avalanches in Red Well basin. Both look to be triggered by cornice fall. One slide was present by 10am the other ran sometime after but before 1pm.
Some small Wet Loose avalanche activity noted – mostly pinwheels but a few accumulated mass.
Weather: Mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. Winds on a 11,400 ridgetop were light with occasional gusting to 20. High peaks had on and off flagging for much of the day loading onto easterly aspects.
Photos:
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- Cornice fall triggered avalanche in Redwell Basin, NE, ob 3/25
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- Likely cornice fall triggered slide between 10am and 1pm, NE, 3/25
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- Drifting off Baldy
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- Recent wet loose avalanches, SE aspect
