Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 03/26/2020
Name: Eric Murrow
Subject: Lots of avalanches from wind event
Avalanches:Numerous large and very large avalanches in near and above treeline terrain. Many appeared to have been triggered by cornice fall yesterday evening, last night, and this morning. See photos for a tour.
Whetstone – Main Bowl D2, 2x Hidden Lake Bowl, D2 & D3
Baldy – Nirvana Bowl, D2.5
Schuylkill Ridge – D2
Angle Pass- D2
Gothic – 2x East Face, D3
Mt Emmons – Wolverine, D2
Scarp Ridge – 4x D3, 2x D2
Western Basin in Anthracite Range – 2x D2.5
Photos:
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- Hidden Lake Bowl Whetstone. Cornice Triggered Persistent Slabs. 3/26
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- Schuylkill Ridge, 3/26
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- Scarp Ridge above Peeler Lakes, 3/26
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- Scarp Ridge, 3/26
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- Scarp Ridge, 3/26
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- Scarp Ridge, 3/26
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- Scarp Ridge, 3/26
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- Gothic Mountain, reported on 3/25
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- Wolverine Basin Mount Emmons, 3/26
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- Believe to be western end of Anthracite Range, 3/26 photo Ben Pritchett
