Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 04/17/2016
Name: ADB
Date of Observation: 04/17/2016
Name: ADB
Subject: Red Lady Glades
Aspect: South East, South, South West, North West
Elevation: BTL/NTL/ATL
Aspect: South East, South, South West, North West
Elevation: BTL/NTL/ATL
Avalanches: Debris in bowl, but obscured skies prevented an assessment.
Weather: Calm. New graupel didn’t impact via S-1 snowfall at NTL and ATL. Graupel left a trace in skin track.
Snowpack: Last 36 hours: 4 to 6 inches of new snow on top of melt/freeze crust. ATL; crust is more apparent and once in NTL and BTL, becomes less so.
A hint of sun signficantly warmed the snow BTL, which didn’t impact stability.