Gunnison
SnowpackCBAC Staff · Dec 9, 2023 · Gunnison
Weather
A handful of small natural wind slabs, mostly on southeasterly facing terrain at higher elevations.
Snowpack
An ECT around 10,400' on a NE aspect produced hard, propagating results on the 11/30 facet layer (~1mm near surface facets, 90 cm deep). The 11/16 layer (~120 cm deep) is larger and looks weaker, but was more embedded in underbrush here. On steep southerly aspects, the 12/7 crust was supportive to skis and the new snow was bonding relatively well to it. Snow depths in terrain that avalanched during last weekend's cycle were shallow (<50cm) and soft (F hard), and already faceting towards repeat offender status.