Gunnison
SnowpackEvan Ross · Feb 15, 2016 · Gunnison
Weather
Weather: Mostly cloudy sky. Mostly light westerly winds at rigeline, with evidence of previously drifted snow.
Snowpack
Snowpack: New snow amounts in the 1-3" range. Ski pen mostly about the same. No wind slabs found or an active persistent slab. South east at 11,000ft in Coon glade had a 7cm VD (valentines day) crust with dry snow below. Same elevation on a more protected south facing slope in Coon Basin had a 15-30cm refrozen crust like thing with moist snow below, often to the ground. East facing bowl ATL in Coon Basin has about 2-3" new snow over wind effected snow surfaces. Northeast facing NTL/BTL in Climax chutes was around 100cm HS with persistent slab structure but no obvious instabilities observed. Some 80% of that avalanche terrain, avalanched during the last natural cycle. Skier triggered one far running facet slough in an old bed surface, D1.