Gunnison
AvalancheZach Guy · Apr 9, 2021 · Gunnison
Weather
Cool and breezy up high kept surfaces frozen at ridgetop. Clear skies.
Snowpack
Snowpack looks and feels like a May snowpack. No signs of instability or avalanche problems noted throughout the tour. Snow surfaces stayed frozen or thawed to ideal corn near and above treeline by 12:30 or so. The snowpack stayed mostly supportive to skis below treeline this afternoon, although some valley locations became punchy and unsupportive. Ski cuts on steep pitches where the snow was getting too sloppy didn’t produce anything.
Avalanche
Nothing new today. Documented more D1 to D2.5 wet activity and cornice falls from the recent cycle; see photos of the most noteworthy slides. Also crossed a couple of the larger debris piles I’ve come across from the February cycle; one knocked over a few mature trees. All photos at: https://cbavalanchecenter.org/hunting-for-normal-caution/