Gunnison
AvalancheBilly Rankin · Mar 28, 2014 · Gunnison
Weather
Snow on and off all Day with a few short moments of blue and moments of S-3. High temps: 24F / 14F. Winds SW 20-30mph Gusts 40-50 high Gust 58 MPH at 16:00. 3 hours of gusts in the 70’s last night 20:00-23:00, which brought in the DUST!
Snowpack
Strom Total: 19†w/ 1.55†SWE HST: 16†HS: 97†Am H2D: 15 w/ 1.55†SWE Pm H2D: 4†w/ 0.4â€ÂSWE Overall Good Bonding to March 26th Crust. Very minimal signs of instability with a mid storm layer 10cm’s down. Minimal cracking on this layer. Several collapses in the flats, guessing below the March 26th crust? Significant DUST layer 8cm’s above the crust 30cm’s under the current surface
Avalanche
Three slides ran on March 26th Crust: Slides were Isolated but touchy. Two significant ones, both in steep (>40) convex rolls, where the crust was hard and smooth. SS-ASc-R1-D1.5-I. 40-60cm deep 80’ wide ran 300’. One small pocket ran on the 26th crust triggered by small cornice drop. 30cm deep, 30’ wide ran 400’ D-1.5. Several shallow slides on the mid storm layer 10cm’s down. These were SS-AE-R1-D1-S, 10cm’s deep, up to 100’ wide ran 400’.