Gunnison

Avalanche

Ben Pritchett · Dec 28, 2023 · Gunnison

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Weather

Strong temperature inversion. Light northwest winds transported a tiny amount of snow along ridgelines early in the morning. Increasing high-thin clouds in the afternoon.

Snowpack

Soft snow is hard to find. Recent winds penetrated into forests leaving pine needle-filled crusts in typically wind-sheltered locations. Northerly and easterly-facing slopes were deeply wind-scoured. Previous slabs were eroded into dense sastrugi. Sun crusts capped southerly slopes.

Avalanche

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