The CBAC is featured in this month’s Backcountry Magazine, in an article that highlights the history and current operations of our local avalanche center. You can read the issue here.
CBAC on NPR
🎧 Headphone up and enjoy this National Public Radio coverage of the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s new Outreach program!! Thanks for your generous support of the program. We couldn’t do it without you! Enjoy the sweet sounds of all of your hard work...🎧
As the story points out, the funding for this avalanche education and outreach program is only temporary, so please hit the button below to help us continue to sustain and grow the program!
Today’s NPR story was actually the second story covering our work this week! In case you missed it, check out the Colorado Sun article on our work linked below:
Thank you for helping us in our 20-year mission of helping Gunnison County residents and visitors enjoy our mountains and come home safely to friends and family.
2021 Fireside Chats
Dec 20th- Wendy Wagner of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center.
- Passcode: 0mGH6*.6
- Zoom link for the recording
Jan 7th- Dragons in the snow with Craig Gordon and Ed Power.
- Recording HERE
Jan 21st- Drew Hardesty, On the nature of forecasting… And why we get it wrong.
Feb 4th- Starr Jamison, Life after the Avalanche.
- Recording. HERE
- password: GPB7Tpz*
Feb 18th, 7-8:15 pm – Anne St. Clair, Canadian Forecaster Insights
- Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/96800802285
- Recording HERE passcode: +Q&86iGD
March 18, Jacks Hutchinson. Left of Whumph and Avy Dogs. zoom link.
- Recording
here
Passcode: d2*q5iiC
Our final Virtual Fireside Chat of the season is this Tuesday. Dr. Erich Peitzsch, with the U.S.G.S., will be joining us from Glacier National Park, where he has been conducting research on wet avalanches, using drones to study the snowpack, avalanche fatality trends in the U.S., and more. Join us at 7 p.m. on April 13th at this link: https://zoom.us/j/94179033141
RECORDING: Passcode: Rzn5Wv$5
WET SLAB THAT RAN DURING LAST WEEKEND’S WET CYCLE ON AVERY PEAK.
The Garage Interview: The History of CBAC According to Than
The good folks over at The Garage Street Journal love the chance to invite local legends into the garage studio. With the annual Avalanche Awareness Night coming up, we welcomed Than Acuff – who is not just a pretty face, but also a proud member of the board for The Crested Butte Avalanche Center – with open arms full of his ‘demands’, which were a bowl of green M&Ms, beef taquitos, Redbulls, and a Hooters Girl. Sitting with Than, we got to know the gentleman a little better and also the history of The Crested Butte Avalanche Center and his involvement with the organization. If anyone was on the fence about attending Avalanche Awareness Night, sit back, listen, and get filled with stoke because, as always, this event is going to be incredible.
Snodgrass Avalanche
Name: Brian Goldstein
Title: Snodgrass Avalanche
Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 11/25/2014
Aspect: North East
Elevation: 11,000
Avalanches: Observed an Avalanche on the Northface of Snodgrass in between first bowl and second above the open pillow zone. Propagated 120 feet wide and was much bigger than the anticipated potential. Probably an R3D2.5. Ran approx. 500 feet into the terrain trap below snapping numerous small trees. Almost propagated an additional 40 feet, but stopped with a major crack on a knob above an adjacent gully. We were observing the terrain from sheltered trees about 5 feet from an open area on the ridge above the rock formations/pillows. Aspect was NorthEast. We stomped around above some convexities with no reaction. Deciding the terrain was unsafe we turned around, walked five feet into the trees and the slope was remotely triggered presumably from a small buried tree. Slid all the way to the ground. The storm slab, and slab from last week, slid on the weak faceted layer at the base of the snowpack, taking the entire snowpack with it. One other wumph was observed in the same area prior to the slide. The crown was approx 60 cm. Consistent crown with no obvious wind deposits, although this specific area is subject to wind loading due to its exposure and openness compared to the rest of the snodgrass trees. Slope angle averaged about 38 degrees as the starting zone.
Weather: Light to moderate winds. Moderate temps (21ish?). Snowing S1.
Snowpack: 60-100 cm
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- 11/25 Alternate view (photo: Kitt Haven)
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- 11/25 Overview of slide (Photo: Kitt Haven)
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- Snodgrass north aspect (Photo: Brian Goldstein)
Remotely Triggered Avalanche on 11.25.2014
Catagorized : (SS-R2-D2-AS-O/G)
CBAC Party for the People!
Join us at the Talk of the Town for our end-of-the-season party. Thursday, April 10 at 5 p.m. Free beer! Live music! Need we say more?!
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Floodgate Operators Concert
Join us at the Public House Saturday, February 15 for a Floodgate Operators concert. Doors open at 8 p.m., show starts at 9 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. Special thanks to concert sponsors Crested Butte Electrical, Bluebird Real Estate, Mountain Spirits Liquors and Altitude Painting. Tickets and info here.
AVY App for CBAC
We’re excited to roll out a new mobile app to serve our CBAC community! Through the design efforts and partnership with the Northwest Avalanche Center, the “Avy” app now hosts CBAC forecasts, observations, and weather data for the Crested Butte area. You can download the “Avy” app for both iPhones and Androids. If you already have the app, you’ll need to update it on Google Play or the App Store to sync it with CBAC. One of the benefits of the app is its offline functionality. If you open the app before you leave town, you can view the forecast from your phone while you are in the backcountry and out of cell service. You can also submit an observation that will upload to our website when you return to cell service. While the app delivers essential information (avalanche forecasts, observations, and weather data), our website remains the comprehensive resource for all of our data visualization tools and maps. The app is still in its infancy, and NWAC will continue to modify and improve functionality in years to come.
