Gunnison

Quick report

Eric Murrow · Dec 24, 2025 · Gunnison

Weather

Intermintent sunshine, light winds, and unusually warm temperatures. cloud cover: broken; wind loading: none; snow avail for transport: none

Snowpack

We selected this short tour to gather another data point on westerly-facing terrain before the incoming storms. West slopes transition from a fully dry, faceted snowpack on the shadiest aspects (270-292 degrees) and supportive-to-skis crusts at the surface as you near the border of west and southwest aspects (around 250 degrees). We dug a profile on a due west slope (270 degrees) and found a thin, 1cm, melt-freeze crust capping a mostly faceted snowpack. This pattern similarly matches the surface conditions encountered on east aspects in recent days.