Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Kinler · Feb 12, 2021 · Gunnison

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Weather

Cloudy, dumping snow for most of the tour, S5 average. Winds were calm to light in sheltered terrain increasing early afternoon with moderate gusts near tree line. Temps felt perfect for making snow.

Snowpack

5 inches on the skin track in the morning around 10:00 and 6 inches when we returned at 14:30. 11 inches HST and still going!. Small sluffs on the first couple runs turned into more storm slab type instabilities(upper 6 inches of new snow) by the last run as increasing winds and snow density gave some “slabby-ness” to the newest snow. Managed the deeper weak layers by avoiding drifted slopes and the larger, un-supportive slopes and convexities.

Avalanche

No new avalanches observed with limited vis.