Gunnison
AvalancheSteve Banks · Dec 16, 2019 · Gunnison
Weather
Much colder today with overcast skies. It spat snow around 1 pm and seemed like it was gonna giver er a go, but then stopped. Calm winds, no sun.
Snowpack
Settled storm snow about 10-14? in the Gothic area. Buried surface hoar present and reactive in snowpack tests. Minimal basel facets on East and West facing slopes, musta melted off more in this valley. Still there though.
Avalanche
Avalanches: Minimal visibility so not much seen. The following avalanches appeared to run toward the end of the storm on Saturday based on the refill. East Bowl Gothic R1-D2 Storm Slab Quigley Creek Baldy r2-D2 Storm Slab Northern /east facing bowl on Gothic: R3-D2 Persistent Slab Snodgrass: 5 individual avalanches running on basel facets with crowns up to a meter deep. All of them ran just on the lower edge of the dark timber from 1st bowl through Abbey Lane. R1-D2’s