Gunnison

Snowpack

Anonymous · Feb 9, 2022 · Gunnison

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Weather

increasing winds > 10,800 to Moderate to Strong for the afternoon

Snowpack

~10mx15m fracture, whumpf & collapse of Diamond shaped windslab ~2-4 inches deep bordered by corn snow all around, easy to identify as isolated pocket & gauge depth 10,850, #SE, ~33* a few minutes skinning higher up as we reached the tree limit & the fresh wind slabs were: gaining in thickness ~10 and deeper continuous, linking up are bigger swaths of terrain & unavoidable so bravely ran away.