Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Dec 25, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Weather: Beautiful day: few clouds, mild temps, calm winds.

Snowpack

Snowpack: Stepping off the skintrack in a heavily trafficked area, got several audible collapses, but certainly not as reactive as some previous tours where we have been breaking trail. The brief bit of travel I did into untracked areas (NTL) produced a few large collapses. Small grained surface hoar growth overnight on the surface of shady aspects. Quick handpit on south facing slope shows some small faceting below the most recent suncrust (12/22). The crust was about an inch thick on a 25* slope.

Avalanche

Avalanches: No recent avalanches. Plenty of older ones.