Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Apr 11, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Another beautiful day. Light winds below treeline. Temps in the 40’s. Clear skies.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Early afternoon tour on suspect below treeline slopes to assess the effects of last night’s warming trend. Ski cut wet sluffs were confined to very steep terrain and are still not entraining volume or gouging deeper than the top few inches. The snowpack is wet throughout with drainage to the ground now well established where we traveled. The snow was supportive to skis but boot pen is thigh deep.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Skier triggered a couple of shallow wet loose slides in very steep terrain. They didn’t run far or entrain more than the top few inches of mush.