Gunnison
AvalancheCBAC Staff · Dec 7, 2022 · Gunnison
Weather
Felt like spring temps. Some sun coming through broken skies. Calm winds, no snow.
Snowpack
More of the same, shooting cracks and collapses on anything with old snow; slabs here were ~18? thick over large grained facets. A couple collapses required stomping. Tried to get one frequent flier to release with some stomping from nearby, but it just shattered and stayed put after the collapse.
Avalanche
Several recent avalanches, most likely ran during the storm yesterday or last night: A couple large to very large avalanches off of Axtell and Gothic, ~D2.5 best guess. Several D2s off of Climax Chutes. A number of shallow storm instabilities on Gothic, both slabs and loose dry, up to D1.5. We remotely triggered a small persistent slab avalanche from a couple hundred feet away on a small slope below treeline. (the large avalanches are coded in another observation)