Gunnison

Snowpack

Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Dec 29, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

WEATHER: Overcast to obscured skies, snowfall throughout day, periods of S2, but less than 5cm accumulation throughout day. Snow was mostly DFs with a short period of graupel. Light wind most of the day, with moderate W/SW winds above 11,000'. -13ºC at 9200' @ 10:30; -18ºC at 11,600' @ 13:00.

Snowpack

SNOWPACK/AVALANCHE OBS: Not much new to report. Dec. 13th interface still present above 10,000'. More solar aspects present a harder crust, shaded aspects are more faceted. Nothing new here. Top 3cm of new snow was denser than bottom 2-3 cm due to increased winds. No signs of avalanches or instabilities.