Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Jan 29, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Overcast cleared to scattered skies by mid day. Moderate SW winds with strong gusts and moderate snow transport, working over snow surfaces on windward slopes.

Snowpack

5cm of new this morning, not bonding well to Jan 29 crust. On SE aspect ATL, this crust was 4-8cm thick with 1mm facets below it. On WSW aspect BTL, there were 2 crust layers near the surface, 2 cm thick, with 1-2 cm of fist hard faceting DF's (.5mm) between and 0.5mm DF's below the crusts. Jan 14th rounding facet layer was 55 cm deep, with CT12, SC results.

Avalanche

Touchy, very small windslabs running on crust 6-10 cm deep on freshly wind loaded SE aspects.