Gunnison
AvalancheEric Murrow/Christian Jordan · Apr 5, 2025 · Gunnison
Weather
Increasing clouds in late morning. Often high, thin clouds with a few thicker clouds building in the afternoon. cloud cover: few; snow avail for transport: small smounts
Snowpack
Below about 10,500 feet, the recent storm snow is less than 6 inches deep on shady aspects and even less on sunnier features. Close to 11,000 feet on northeast and north slopes, the recent snow depth is nearly 9 inches. I often found the storm snow resting on faceted grains above the meltdown crust. This interface remains sensitive, but it is largely unthreatening, given the thin, soft slabs. A few soft collapses and shooting cracks. You might be able to trigger a tiny slab avalanche here, but its size doesn't pose a threat. East slopes in this area have been cooked over the past few days, and no slab remains. Any loose wet problem would be small. A few soft collapses and cracks running a ski length or two on northeast aspects near 11,000 feet.
Avalanche
Cloud cover and cool-ish temps helped to minimize wet loose avalanche activity. A handful of very small loose avalanches on southeast and south aspects were viewed from town. I coded the largest ones here, but they are still D1 in size.