Gunnison

What was brown yesterday, now looks white today, and that's a good sign if you have been missing the snow like us. Overnight snow accumulations are in the 2 to 4" range for the CB area and weather stations in Taylor Park. Irwin is showing less with 1 to 2" of new snow overnight. Recent winds have remained fairly calm. Today you will find yourself managing small and isolated avalanche problems for this new snow. On steep northerly-facing slopes, you could trigger small dry sluffs. If the sun pops out later today, small loose wet avalanches would develop on steep sunny slopes. There hasn't been much wind above treeline, but we couldn't completely rule out a thin wind slab hanging somewhere that just saw enough wind to transport a little snow.

We haven't seen enough snow, wind, or sun to see a bump in the overall avalanche danger rating. Other than the new snow, the snowpack has progressed into a stable spring snowpack. This is a great time of the year to be pushing into more aggressive terrain options, but of course when traveling in steep terrain comes the potential for a variety of small avalanche problems to manage. The greatest uncertainty is when the new snow will become wet and transition into a more widespread loose wet avalanche problem. We could get enough sun later today to start that transition and develop a small loose wet avalanche problem on steep sunny slopes. If you find a wet snow surface then you can expect to start pushing the new snow down steep slopes as a wet avalanche. Otherwise, that transition is expected to hold off until tomorrow's clear sky and warmer temperatures arrive. The avalanche danger rating is expected to rise to MODERATE tomorrow for this wet avalanche problem. 

Enjoy a little fresh snow while we got it and have a great day out there folks!