Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Dec 24, 2020 · Gunnison

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Weather

Clear and calm

Snowpack

Widespread rolling collapses and shooting cracks while breaking trail in open terrain or aspen groves. Cracks radiated 50 to 100 feet on average, collapses were noisier than a similar location last week. Below treeline, the 12/10 interface is buried about 16" by a F down to 4F slab.  The 12/22 near surface facets produced some minor cracking in wind sheltered terrain, buried about 3" or 4" deep.

Avalanche

Ski triggered a few thin windslabs (5”-10” thick) breaking on the 12/22 near surface facets. Ski triggered a small persistent slab (16” thick, 12/10 interface) on a small terrain feature. Saw one fresh natural wind slab in Wolverine Cirque (D1.5)