Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date: 1/15/2021
Name:Â Jared Berman, Zach Guy
This week’s action consisted of extreme winds out of the northwest from Wednesday night (1/13) into Friday morning (1/15). Here’s the weekly summary showcasing how this event impacted our snowpack.
Zone:Â Crested Butte Backcountry
Date: 01/08/2021
Name: Jack Caprio
This week’s action consisted of a quick storm along with a coinciding wind event on Tuesday (1/5/21). Here’s the weekly summary showcasing how this event impacted our snowpack.
Zone:Â Crested Butte Backcountry
Date:Â 1/1/2021
Name: Jack Caprio/ Ian Havlick
Happy New Year! Unfortunately, our snowpack didn’t stay in 2020. Check out the weekly recap to see how the recent storms shook things up.
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date: 12/25/2020
Name: Jack Caprio
Along with our 12/10 weak layer/interface, we can now add wind loading and surface hoar to Santa’s naughty list. Check out the weekly recap of weather, snowpack, and avalanche activity to see how our snowpack is changing.
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date:Â 12/18/20
Name: Jack Caprio/ Zach Kinler
For the first time in over two weeks, we got some snow! With the new snow falling on our very weak snowpack, widespread natural and human triggered avalanches were a common theme of the week. Here is the summary of all avalanche and weather activity over the past week
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date: 12/11/20
Name: Jack Caprio/ Zach Guy
After a very long stint of high pressure, we finally have a storm system making its way into the Crested Butte area. Take a look at the weekly weather/ snowpack summary to see how our snowpack stacks up before this new loading event.
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date: 12/4/20
Name: Jack Caprio/ Eric Murrow
A week of high pressure and cold nights has faceted much of our snowpack in the Crested Butte Backcountry. Check out our weekly weather/ snowpack summary to see what this means for current and future avalanche conditions.
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry
Date of Observation: 11/27/2020
Name: Jack Caprio/Zach Kinler
The hills have turned white as we usher in another winter season in the Crested Butte area. Check out the first Weekly Summary of the season to keep track of the early season snowpack, weather and avalanches.
