Gunnison
Quick reportBen Pritchett · Jan 9, 2026 · Gunnison
Weather
Cold with a chilly north wind. Orographic showers dropped some diamond dust in the afternoon.
Snowpack
A very shallow (4-6" deep) Storm Slab cycle ran on a mid-storm graupel layer Thursday during the high-intensity precipitation. That avalanche problem is no longer a concern. The much more dangerous Persistent Slab avalanche concern is growing stubborn in some places. We avoided north and east-facing terrain above 11,000, so no comment on the sensitivity of the Persistent Slab avalanche problem in that bullseye terrain.
Avalanche
Widespread cycle of very small, shallow, mostly harmless Storm Slabs (dozens of R1/D1s) from Thursday (December 8th) at all elevations that ran on a mid-storm graupel layer. The graupel was still very cohesionless and poured out of profiles, but the 4 to 8 inch thick soft snow above that layer was stubborn and harmless on slopes less than 40 degrees steep.