Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 03/19/2016
Name: Zach Guy
Date of Observation: 03/19/2016
Name: Zach Guy
Subject: Snodgrass
Aspect: North East, East
Elevation: 11,100-9,400 ft
Aspect: North East, East
Elevation: 11,100-9,400 ft
Avalanches: See photo below of Mt Axtell slide first observed yesterday by JSJ.
Weather: Clear, moderate N valley winds with some small plumes observed on a few peaks near East Maroon Pass. Warm temps.
Snowpack: ~4-8″ of dry, settled powder over 3/14 crust layer, well bonded. Snow became more wind-affected, with soft sastrugi and denser wind drifts towards valley bottom. No signs of instability.
Recent natural slide on Mt. Axtell, NE aspect ATL, above Green Lake.