Gunnison
SnowpackZach Guy · Feb 24, 2013 · Gunnison
Weather
Few clouds in the morning increasing to overcast and very light snow midday, decreasing to broken skies in the afternoon. 0.5†new snow. Temps rose to 17F at 10,000 ft and 5F at 12,000 ft. Winds were light from the north, with gusts increasing in the afternoon to the 20’s. Light snow transport off of ridgelines.
Snowpack
Snowpack: Storm snow settling slowy; ski pen still 8 -14" across terrain. Surfaces remained dry on all aspects. Very little wind affect in our terrain, but we could see wind textures in the Ruby Mtns. Avalanches: On a west aspect near treeline, a skier triggered a 16" soft slab off of an air, failing on the old interface (SS-ASu-R1D1-I). One slide on the NE face of Mt Owen above treeline: SS-N-R2D2-U and a handful of small sluffs on various aspects above treeline.