Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 03/09/2018
Name: Alex Banas
Subject: Irwin Guides Observation
Aspect: North, North East
Elevation: 9,400′-11,100′
Avalanches:
Weather: igh clouds throughout the morning with a brief clearing trend around 1300. Warm temps. Calm gusting to moderate down-valley winds.
Snowpack: HS varied from 60-120cm. Persistent slab structure is present on the northerly aspects on Snodgrass, decreasing slab thickness as the aspect tilted more easterly. A few 50cm deep hand pits showed moderate to hard results failing above a stout MFcr. The 4f upper pack is comprised of rounding facets. No cracking, collapsing or avalanches observed today.
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