Gunnison
Quick reportZach Guy and Eric Murrow · Mar 24, 2026 · Gunnison
Weather
Another hot day with thin partly cloudy skies. cloud cover: few
Snowpack
Wet loose avalanches were more stubborn on south facing terrain where the snowpack has matured through more melt-freeze cycles. They remain easy to trigger in steep terrain on east facing aspects, and often gouge to the ground in shallower areas. The thin 2/25 rain crust remains intact on some northerly slopes with wet snow above and moist snow below. The 2/25 rain crust appears to be melting away on other northerly slopes now. . We experienced two large collapses that radiated ~30', and several smaller collapses with localized cracking, highlighting wet slab instabilities. These were on E and NE aspects NTL.
Avalanche
We observed one gouging wet loose run naturally around noon, one larger wet slab run a couple hours later, and we triggered a handful of gouging wet loose avalanches, almost all on east-facing terrain near treeline. Looking around, we spotted numerous other wet avalanches that likely ran today or yesterday.