Gunnison

Avalanche

CBAC Staff · Dec 25, 2023 · Gunnison

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Weather

Significant northwesterly wind drifting event overnight, with 2' drifts across the road by Irwin. The windchill on nearby Cinnamon station was -50F this morning. Moderate to strong winds with continued blowing snow this morning.

Snowpack

Shooting cracks easy to initiate in all but the stiffer/thicker wind drifts. A couple of collapses in drifted features as well.

Avalanche

Several natural wind slab avalanches ran this morning, up to D1.5. We ski-triggered a handful of D1 wind slabs on small terrain features. Slabs were about a foot thick or a little less.