Gunnison

Avalanche

Evan Ross Eric Murrow · Nov 27, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Clear sky and calm wind. Thin overcast clouds moved around 2pm.

Snowpack

Snowpack: When we started the tour I couldn’t stand my ski pole up, thats a bad sign. By our high point the snowpack was averaging around 65cm’s deep. We had a serious group discussion on how to manage our main objective when it appeared to have a good fetch and notable wind-loading. In the end, any form of a slab in the terrain was isolated and discontinuous. Thankfully ski pen was around 15-30cm’s and the turns are real nice when they don’t find the ground.

Avalanche

Avalanches: Few small sluffs, nothing notable.