Date of Observation: 11/14/2016
Name: Zach Guy
Aspect: Various
Elevation: Various
Avalanches: A few older D1 loose snow avalanches on northerly aspects.
Weather: Clear, calm, warm.
Snowpack: Tour of Crested Butte forecast area to check out snow coverage following early November dry spell. East through south through west aspects are generally all dry and snow free. Northerly aspects hold a thin snow cover, mostly above treeline and some near treeline slopes. The most continuous snow coverage, which could present persistent weak layers concerns in the future, is on NW to NE aspects above treeline along Paradise Divide and the Ruby Range. Closer to town and from our vantage in Cement Creek and Brush Creek Drainage, the snowpack is thinner and patchier on shaded aspects; weak layer formation is more isolated at this point in the season. See photos.
Southerly aspects of Pearl Mtn and E/NE aspects of Carbonate Hill
N/NW aspects of Mt. Baldy
Northerly aspects on Mt. Axtell
Northerly aspects in Redwell Basin
Northeasterly aspects of Schuylkill Ridge and northerly aspects of Scarp Ridge behind
Southerly aspects of Ruby Range
Northerly aspects of Wolverine Basin
NE and E aspects of Richmond
Northeasterly aspects of Purple Trees
Northeasterly aspects of Treasury
Northeasterly aspects of Cement Mtn
N/NE aspects of Mt. Axtell
N/NE aspects of Schuylkill Ridge
W/NW aspects of Hunter Hill
Northerly aspects of Anthracites
Northeasterly aspects of Climax Chutes
Northerly aspects of Baxter Basin
Northeasterly aspects of Purple Ridge
Northeasterly aspects of Cinnamon
Easterly aspects of Coney’s
Northeasterly aspects of Happy Chutes
Northeasterly aspects of Schuylkill Ridge
NE and E aspects of Mt. Baldy
NE aspect of Baldy
Northerly aspect of Gothic Mtn
N aspect of Mt. Baldy