Gunnison

Avalanche

CBAC Staff · Jan 20, 2024 · Gunnison

Weather

Mild air temps and increasing clouds in the afternoon.

Snowpack

I dug several profiles on northerly slopes around the Kebler corridor from 8800 - 9800 feet. The thicker the slab above the 1/5 weak layer the harder the test results...all locations produced propagating results (see images). Sites about 150cm or more produced moderate to hard results and locations in the 130cm range produced easy to moderate results. Sunny slopes below and near treeline moistened today and will have a crust tomorrow, about 1 - 2cm thick. Rollers balls trickled down many sunny steep slopes.

Avalanche

I observed a few more recent avalanches from late in the storm. Most were below treeline along the corridor, one on southwest aspect of Owen near treeline, and another in northerly alpine terrain of East Beckwith. Lots of older avalanche activity from early in the storm was barely decipherable in alpine terrain.