Gunnison

Quick report

Ryan Huck and Zac Sauer · Jan 16, 2026 · Gunnison

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Weather

Pretty windy out there and cloudy no warming occurred on the southern aspects we traveled on today. air temp (F): 20; cloud cover: broken; wind loading: moderate; recent snowfall (cm): Nil; snow avail for transport: small smounts

Snowpack

On the south east aspect of Gothic around 11,500 feet are results were ECTPV on the /crust and ECTN9 on the 12/25 interface. On the west aspect the snow depth was super variable from 20 cm deep with no snow structure to 180 cm deep with a 1f hard slab over the 12/25 interface ECTN 15 @84cm. Went up Gothic today to observe the west to Southeast aspects for persistence, slab structure. no instability under foot wind slabs were stubborn however, the persistent weak layers were present as suspected on these aspects on Gothic.