Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Jan 1, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Broken skies, cold temps, very light snowfall at times. Moderate gusts at low elevations, but evidence of strong westerly winds up high, with large plumes off of all peaks.

Snowpack

2-6" of storm snow on near surface facets. Most areas found the rest of the snowpack was all facets, with easy ski pole probing to the ground.

Avalanche

Lots of shallow cracking and the new slabs were very reactive anywhere that the snow was cohesive from wind transport, but harmless in size, 3-5" deep and ~15 feet wide.