Gunnison

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Nov 12, 2012 · Gunnison

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Weather

We saw a rapid warm-up today, w/ in town temps of -10F @ 7am and a Hi close to freezing. Storm snow was settling rapidly w/ warm up & strong solar radiation.

Snowpack

Drove around the zone looking for activity. Saw a few distant crown-looking features in the binoculars, but nothing that I could confirm w/ a better view. CBAC received one vague report of a natural in Red Lady Bowl. I'll have to confirm that tomorrow, as I didn't see it today. No other signs of instability. Many slopes saw moderate to strong wind loading during the storm, including the typical Nrly winds channelled down the valleys of E River, Slate River, and Washington Gulch crossloading some below TL slopes.