Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Jan 4, 2025 · Gunnison

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Weather

Gusty SW winds were transporting small amounts of snow this morning. Light snowfall began around noon. We noted moderate (S3) snowfall rates returning over Kebler Pass around 2:30 p.m.

Snowpack

We triggered one large collapse while traveling across a wind exposed, shallow terrain feature near treeline. The collapse ran into deeper parts of the slope a couple hundred feet.

Avalanche

There was one fairly fresh D2 persistent slab near the summit of East Beckwith; I'm guessing it ran on 1/2. There were a handful of older crowns (up to D1.5) probably from last weekend that are mostly drifted in now and hard to document now.