Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Jan 16, 2021 · Gunnison

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Snowpack

Snowpack: We targeted a handful of obvious windloaded features from strong valley winds near town. Wind drifted slabs were 2? to 5? thick, pencil hard. Some would crack after undercutting and stomping on the slope, others would crack as we crossed the slope, with shooting cracks up to 10 feet. Slabs were all small and localized to easily identified features such as rollovers or in gullies. The rest of the terrain that we traveled on was all bottomless facets with some wind texture on the surface.

Avalanche

Avalanches: None