Gunnison

Avalanche

Andrew Breibart · Apr 21, 2018 · Gunnison

Weather

NE/E Aspects Below Tree Line (BTL) Temperatures near and above freezing. Obscured skies Light winds primarily with moderate wind gusts on the ridge, which transported minimal amounts of snow onto east and north east aspects.

Snowpack

< 3 inches of snow in the past 24 hours Highly variable snow with mostly wet snow on east aspects and dryer snow on NE aspect. Must have been very windy as snow in open areas within trees and bowl was packed down, but not breakable. Seemed as there was some type of thin (,<0.5 inch) crust on surface. Snow has bonded.