Gunnison
Quick reportZach Guy, Eric Murrow, Brie Yost · Dec 31, 2025 · Gunnison
Weather
Unseasonably warm, a few thin clouds. cloud cover: few; wind loading: none; recent snowfall (cm): 0; snow avail for transport: small smounts
Snowpack
Snow surface observations: BTL northerlies: A few inches of weak, small-grained facets (<1mm) above mostly supportive, occasionally breakable rain crusts. This snow surface is noticeably weak and sluffed easily in steep terrain. NTL northerlies: Typically small-grained (~2 to 3mm) surface hoar above settled powder with some minor faceting. ATL northerlies: Settled powder with some minor faceting and some wind-hardened snow; no obvious surface hoar was observed. Southerlies: Moist and wet snow that will form melt-freeze crusts by tomorrow. . We got a couple of collapses on E to NE aspects near treeline that only radiated 15 to 20 feet. They failed about 10" deep on the December dryspell layer. A stability test adjacent to one of the collapses produced ECTP1 results.
Avalanche
No recent activity observed. Noted a few undocumented natural avalanches from the 12/27 storm.