Details

• Date: 2015/01/09

• Observer: Evan Ross
• Organization: CBAC

Location

• BC Zone: Gunnison
• Area Description: Name: Evan Ross DATE: 1/09/15 LOCATION: Crested Butte Area ASPECT: E, NE Elevation: Valley Bottom, 9,500ft

Weather

• Weather Description: WEATHER: Sunny and warm. No wind.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: SNOWPACK/AVALANCHE OBS: Low angle near Washington Gulch TH. Plenty of collapsing without any cracks. Variable slab strength with ski pen at 10cm during the good times and ski pen on the ground during the bad times. Boot pen would have been to the ground all the time. The low elevation slab has certainly been faceting out at these low elevations but the question is how much longer will it take for the slabs to become isolated? HS 60-80cm. Lots of large surface hoar in the valley. SS-N-R1-D2-O at 12,300ft on south aspect of Baldy. Likely failed around Jan 4th and originally observed on Jan 5th. Loose snow avalanche that propagated a shallow slab 100ft wide below Gothic Spoon at 11,300ft, D2. Likely failed Jan 6th and originally observed on the 7th.

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2015/01/04  †	Other	1	>TL	S	SS	N	R1	D2
Date: 2015/01/04 (Estimated) Observer: Evan Ross Organization: CBAC Area Description: Baldy Landmark: Other Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow
	2015/01/09  †	Gothic	1	U	Unknown	SS	N		D2
Date: 2015/01/09 (Estimated) Observer: Evan Ross Organization: CBAC Area Description: Gothic Spoon Landmark: Gothic Elevation: 11300 ft Comments: Triggered by LN