Gunnison
AvalancheCBAC Staff · Jan 27, 2024 · Gunnison
Weather
Flagging off of some peaks in the alpine through mid day from northerly winds. Transport stopped this afternoon.
Snowpack
Isolated cracking and collapsing on fresh, shallow drifts just below an alpine ridgeline. Drifts were 3" to 10" deep, 4F hard. We also got a handful of collapses below 9600' in the East River Valley. Most radiated 20' to 30'. One rumbled across the landscape as far as I could see, at least 1000'. No other signs of instability were noted underfoot, despite traveling across some shallower terrain features at higher elevations.
Avalanche
One D2 ran on Bellview this morning that looks like a wind slab stepped down to a persistent slab. Documented some of the larger and fresher-looking avalanches from the cycle or post-cycle that we haven't documented yet; there were plenty of other smaller or older slides not documented.