Gunnison

Quick report

Ben Pritchett and Dylan Craaybeek · Mar 5, 2026 · Gunnison

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Weather

Partly cloudy and cool in the morning, becoming windy and overcast in the afternoon. Light rain moved over the higher peaks around 5PM.

Snowpack

There is still a slab-over-weak-layer structure on slopes facing the north half of the compass. The slab is about 60-80cm thick on most slopes and 1F to P hard (on the hand hardness scale) with the weak layer of well-developed but rounding facets ranging from F to 4F hard. The average height of snow (HS) around Black Mesa and Bald Mountain was around 120-180cm on north-facing slopes and much more variable, but around 60-100cm on south-facing slopes with many patches of bare ground from wind scouring and melting.

Avalanche

Observed at least one older avalanche and a more recent avalanche that was likely a Wet Slab on Mendicant Ridge.