Gunnison

Avalanche

Tom Schaefer · Dec 19, 2018 · Gunnison

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Weather

Blustery N winds all day 4' of new snow. Heaviest precip. rates were from 830AM- 1030AM . Winds were "SPOT ON" from the point Fx with the most intense winds at 1200. On avg. through the day the winds were moderate gusting to strong from the NNW.

Snowpack

“Little bit of blowing snow.” Windward slopes becoming wind scoured with strong gusts disrupting the surface hoar. Old tracks still visible on all aspects observed there was some small wind slab development on NE aspects but isolated to areas NTL. Not too much wind loading observed on S aspects 3-4 inches of new on top of a 1″ crust. Saw no signs of instability through the day. Dug one PIT N aspect 10,400′ ETCX burping the burping the baby to see the reactivity of the newly buried surface hoar (profile attached). This will be a layer to pay attention to in the future after our last period of high pressure.

Avalanche

N/O