Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Mar 16, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Hot temps, clouds increasing in the afternoon. Calm wind.

Snowpack

Snowpack: At 3 pm, the snowpack was unsupportive; boot pen was knee+ deep. On an east aspect BTL, we found water had moved through the entire snowpack and was pooling along several crust layers 30-50 cm deep but draining deeper into the snowpack.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Fresh D2 wet loose avalanche ran today off of Gibson Ridge (East aspect BTL) and a handful of D1 to D1.5 wet loose above treeline in the Ruby Range (S, SE aspects) that ran in the past day or two.