Gunnison

Snowpack

Billy Rankin · Dec 28, 2011 · Gunnison

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Weather

Sky few. Winds gusting to high 30's on ridge top from the west moving a little snow. High temp valley bottom 32. Ridge top 25.

Snowpack

Wind efected snow. Sastrugi. Some wind crusts up to 5 cm, suncrust. Supportive in places. Facets and depth hoar, especally in the rocky shallow areas. Some cracking 10-20cm deep on isolated areas on the Dec 21 mf crust in steep rolls and gullies. HS on westerlies at 11,500' between 20 and 70cm. Average around 50cm. A few places cracked and popped and wanted to slide with some sliding pieces of crust but I would not call them avalanches