Gunnison
AvalancheEvan Ross · Jan 11, 2019 · Gunnison
Weather
Calm winds. Partly cloudy sky and warm feeling temps
Snowpack
HS in the 100-120 range on average. Ski pen around 20cm and SH on much of the snow surface. A few large collapses in the terrain but no shooting cracks. The 1/9 remote triggered avalanche failed just below the holiday slab on 1.5mm NSF. This layer of NSF was about 5cm thick. Crown hight Varied between 1 to 4 feet thick. The thicker part of the slab was on a wind-loaded terrain feature. Slope angles on the bed surface were in the 34 to 36 range. East facing aspect at 10,360ft.
Avalanche
SS-ASr-R1-D2-O. 1/9