Gunnison

Snowpack

Zach Guy · Feb 13, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Thin few to scattered clouds increased to thick overcast by late p.m. Strong to extreme gusts at ridgetop out of the NW, with light transport at times. Warm temps.

Snowpack

Strong winds were keeping surfaces mostly frozen at upper elevations, today. Above treeline on a 40* SE aspect, there was 2-3" of refreezing melt-freeze crust, semi-supportive on skis, with dry snow below. On a 30* SE aspect below treeline, there was 3" of very wet snow at the surface with moist snow down to the Jan 29th crust, about 15" deep. On a 35* S aspect below treeline, the snowpack was entirely wet to very wet, about 20-24" total depth. No signs of instability today.