Gunnison

Avalanche Information

Dozens of harmless dry loose avalanches ran during yesterday's snowfall or this morning's solar. A few small wind slabs ran last night from increased northerly winds, along with a few small slabs on the Feb 11 interface (our new gen persisent slab). We skier triggered a few slabs breaking on the Feb 11 interface on small features, very small in size.

Weather

Northeast winds last night drifted snow in exposed areas. cloud cover: few; wind loading: previous; snow avail for transport: moderate amounts

Snowpack

In sheltered terrain at 11,500', there's 35 cm of settled storm snow over the Feb 11 interface (either facets or thin, hard wind crusts over facets) on northerlies. Last night's NE winds eroded slabs from exposed windward start zones and formed isolated wind slabs on southerlies, 1' to 2' thick, that produced cracking this morning. A handful of small collapses (~10 to 25 feet radius) on northerly aspects, mostly near treeline in Redwell. One below treeline on a collapsing crust (flat slope). Cracking in fresh wind slabs on high southerlies.

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