Gunnison

Avalanche

Zach Guy · Feb 17, 2016 · Gunnison

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Weather

Light to moderate SW winds with no snow transport. Clouds increased from clear to thin broken by PM. Warm temps

Snowpack

Near and above treeline, about 2-5" of settled storm snow became moist to wet on E to S aspects, over the solid and still frozen VD crust. Surfaces refroze around 2 pm. as clouds and winds increased. Sloppier snow observed below treeline. No signs of instabilities on various aspects and steep terrain, except some minor rollerballs.

Avalanche

Some more rollerballs today on E and SE aspects A/NTL, and two very small wet loose on a SE aspect ATL, harmless in size. Had good views of a lot of the Ruby Range and no other fresh activity. Some older wet loose on below treeline southerlies from previous warm ups, one was a D2 in size and gouged to the ground.