Gunnison

Widespread cycle of very small, shallow, mostly harmless Storm Slabs (dozens of R1/D1s) from Thursday (December 8th) at all elevations that ran on a mid-storm graupel layer. The graupel was still very cohesionless and poured out of profiles, but the 4 to 8 inch thick soft snow above that layer was stubborn and harmless on slopes less than 40 degrees steep.

Cold with a chilly north wind. Orographic showers dropped some diamond dust in the afternoon.

A very shallow (4-6" deep) Storm Slab cycle ran on a mid-storm graupel layer Thursday during the high-intensity precipitation. That avalanche problem is no longer a concern. The much more dangerous Persistent Slab avalanche concern is growing stubborn in some places. We avoided north and east-facing terrain above 11,000, so no comment on the sensitivity of the Persistent Slab avalanche problem in that bullseye terrain.