Gunnison

Quick report

Eric Murrow & Evan Ross · Feb 2, 2026 · Gunnison

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Weather

Warm day with increasing clouds midday that slowly reduced during the afternoon. cloud cover: scattered; wind loading: previous; snow avail for transport: small smounts

Snowpack

The snowpack depth is generally around 70-80cm in sheltered northerly terrain.  A small amount of cohesion exists near the surface, but the snowpack is largely well-developed facets, except for the Christmas rain crust.  Wind textures can be found in many open areas below treeline.  We did produce a small shooting crack on a cross-loaded gully. We intentionally triggered a few small Dry Loose avalanches on steep (greater than about 38 degrees) northerly slopes.

Avalanche

A couple of small skier triggered sluffs, and a couple of natural Wet Loose avalanches near Mount Bellview that likely ran on Sunday.