Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Mar 13, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clouds increased from clear to overcast, with a few flakes late afternoon. Moderate SW winds, with periods of light snow transport.

Snowpack

Southerly slopes saw minimal surface warming. Perfect corn with 1" of ski pen and 4" of boot pen midday. Ski cuts and poking around on leeward ridgelines showed no signs of new windslab formation. A pit on a South aspect at 11,500 feet (NTL) showed an isothermal snowpack 90 cm deep, with wet depth hoar at the ground. The top third of the snowpack was refrozen and pencil hard.

Avalanche

One recent cornice fall off of Scarp Ridge. No other signs of instability.