Gunnison

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Dec 29, 2012 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cold temps. High thin clouds. Calm winds.

Snowpack

HS averaged 70cm. Dug on sheltered NE @ 9800ft w/ HS of 85cm. Clean shears in shovel tilt w/in uncohesive recent snow 10cm down from surface. Propagation in ECT and compression tests resulting in sudden collapse failures on Dec 3rd facets @ 19cm. Skied through pockets of loud snow mostly in lower meadow (surface hoar?).