Gunnison
AvalancheZach Guy · Feb 3, 2024 · Gunnison
Weather
About 30 cm storm total when we got there at 9 a.m. Moderate snowfall rates (S3) until we left at noon. Trees were shaking from northwest winds, but we didn't see a whole lot of wind transport happening here. I suspect in other areas it was more significant.
Avalanche
Intentionally ski cut several storm slabs that were about 10" to 12" thick. These were all D1 to D1.5s on relatively small terrain features facing northeast and east. I only inspected one crown closely and it failed on near surface facets, no surface hoar at that location. No naturals were observed.