Gunnison

Avalanche

CBAC Staff · Apr 11, 2023 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear, light winds. Waaaarm.

Snowpack

Marginal refreeze: punchy boot pen and supportive ski pen at 9 am. Felt like the window for stable corn on SE was about 9:30 NTL. Still dry powder on high due north; Northeast ATL started rollerballing this morning. Bigger pinwheels as we descended to north BTL, and we triggered a few shallow wet loose involving just the white snow above the dust layer. North quadrant appears to be ways off from water draining into the snowpack for wet slab issues.

Avalanche

A few wet slabs on S to SE aspects NTL that ran yesterday, D1.5 to D3. Several large gouging wet loose BTL on SE and E. Plenty of shallow wet loose at all elevations (D1 to D1.5), spanning around to NE aspects at higher elevations and N BTL. More photos later tonight.