Gunnison

Avalanche

Ian Havlick · Feb 1, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

Decreasing winds during the day, mild temperatures with high of 36º at 10,000ft. Rapid warm up this morning, but high clouds put a lid on high temps around 1400.

Snowpack

Continued wind loading, hard slabs throughout near and above treelike terrain. Pretty wind hammered. Hard slabs no deeper than 40cm in terrain travelled. HS 280-320cm.

Avalanche

HS-N-R2-D2-O. Unknown trigger, possibly natural overnight or remote skier triggered this morning. Ran on slick P+ suncrust and small grained facets above. 150ft wide, running ~500 vertical feet. 34º slope, ESE facing Near/Above treeline.