Gunnison
AvalanchePublic Public · Feb 11, 2022 · Gunnison
Weather
Sunny, no wind, not too warm, but not too cold.
Snowpack
No new snow in weeks, an aging snow pack.
Avalanche
We heard a whoomp, I looked thinking it would just settle as it usually does, but in a moment it started moving and both skiers fell. Due to low angle movement was very slow, both skiers got held up in trees just 25 feet lower. In all a minor event, one lost pole no injuries, but a definite wake up call. The crown was all of 10" tall tapering to 4" to the north west. The whoomp propagated to the south around the edge of the ridge and set off another 45ft wide sluff of blocks 8 inches thick that ran down about 500 ft from the crown. It propagated to the top of the ridge about 100ft above the trigger.