Gunnison

Snowpack

Evan Ross · Feb 8, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Clear sky with some thin clouds developing in the afternoon. Calm winds, strong solar.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Toured on mostly low angle or sub 30 degree terrain. Snow surface on low angle was staying dry, while SE slopes over 25 degrees had a moist snow surface and all south slopes were also moist. No obvious signs to instability, and 29th interface was in the 4-5cm range and would have been hard to collapse. Briefly got an easterly slope that had avalanched back during the Christmas cycle. Quick obs pointed at a poor structure that would need more time to understand if it was something to be concerned about.