Gunnison
AvalancheCBAC Forecaster · Jan 18, 2024 · Gunnison
Snowpack
Consistent slope-scale collapses and shooting cracks in the lower parts of the drainage up to about 9,600'. After that, collapses became rare, a function of slab thickness and ski pen. I got a few collapses higher in the terrain while breaking trail next to pungie trees where the snowpack is thinner.
Avalanche
Numerous persistent slabs ran in the past 12 hours in this drainage on easterly aspects below treeline. The most notable was approximately 800' wide, 5 feet deep, connecting two start zones. It failed on fist hard depth hoar grains (~5-6mm) at the ground. I skied over the debris pile and estimate it was 15 to 20 ft deep. There was also a trio of fresh persistent slabs on the west side of Carbonate Hill. There was also a small storm slab/wind slab natural cycle in a few terrain features this morning.