Gunnison

Avalanche

Kelli Rohrig · Feb 6, 2018 · Gunnison

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Weather

S -1 in the morning, S1 when we departed at 13.30

Snowpack

11,200' N off Ohio Peak ridge HS 150 cm 15 cm storm snow is not bonding to 2/5 surface non reactive crust/facet interface down 40 cm 4 cm temp crust down 48 cm, faceting on top and bottom 55 cm to ground large grain facet /depth hoar/ TG mix ECTX

Avalanche

2 x R1 D1 skier triggered storm slabs on N convexities. We also had a micro wind slab release mid path on a small fluted feature N of main ridge. No visible naturals