Gunnison

Avalanche

Colorado Backcountry Avalanche L1 · Dec 12, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Overcast, calm, cold. Mostly light snowfall with about 2" new snow on the cars when we returned to the trailhead.

Snowpack

About a 35cm soft slab, sitting on exceptionally weak facets. When we tried to isolate columns, with hands or ski poles, the columns failed before they were fully isolated. We never felt any collapses, but traveling in areas with slope angles between about 15 to 30 degrees, often produced shooting cracks and blocks of new snow shifting on the facets below.

Avalanche

1 Tree Bomb triggered D1