Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Feb 12, 2014 · Gunnison

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Weather

Few built to Overcast. Light winds, some light to moderate snow transport on alpine ridgelines. No precip.

Snowpack

Dug a test pit on S aspect BTL. Approximately 40" of slab down to the January 27th wet grains. This layer was dusty and hadn't refrozen yet. Moderate sudden collapse results on this layer. Also, Q1, propagating results, hard initiation on the February 2nd crust, about 30" down. Easy decision to ski some fun low angle powder.

Avalanche

Recent avalanche activity every direction you look, all elevations. Even some slides in tight aspen terrain. No collapsing while breaking trail.