A harmful moist slab avalanche that ran off of Gothic Peak yesterday afternoon within the Crested Butte backcountry was caught on video and it serves as reminder that though Colorado had a lower than stellar snow 12 months, avalanche risks are very a lot nonetheless current within the mountains and backcountry skiers and snowboarders have to be cautious:
Crested Butte Avalanche Heart:
The moist cycle escalated in measurement and frequency over the previous two days and can possible proceed as we speak. Because the warmup started, our forecast workforce has been conducting common afternoon bino excursions from Mt. CB to doc traits in moist avalanches. T
Moist avalanche exercise because the warmup started:
Distribution of 74 documented moist avalanches prior to now three days:
Prevalence Date
Mar 25, 2026 (Precise)
Prevalence Time
15:43 (Precise)
Observer Title
Travis Man
Associated
