Gunnison

Snowpack

Ben Pritchett · Dec 21, 2017 · Gunnison

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Weather

nice day, increasing clouds

Snowpack

Consistent snow cover above 10,000' on West to North to East aspects. Sheltered terrain has the most concerning structure for supporting any new load with 30-60cm on the ground and a thin faceted MFcr buried by 3-5cm of recent snow. Notably, any shadowed west facing slopes have consistent coverage, but sunny west slopes are bare. As slabs develop over the coming week (hopefully) the local distribution of the problem at west and east will be difficult to track without imagery. Sunny aspects are largely bare ground.