Snowpack

Gothic Mtn tour

Zach GuyGunnison
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Quick report

Collapsing
isolated

While following the skin track that Evan and Brie set on Friday, we triggered two localized collapses on a collapsing crust on a low angle southeast facing slope at 11,000 feet.

Weather

Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
light
Recent Snowfall
0
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Light but steady drifting off of a few alpine summits from SWerly winds this morning.

Snowpack

Heinous skiing on a  breakable crust on the south side of the compass, settled powder that is starting to facet on the north side of the compass.  New surface hoar growth on all aspects  up to around 11,000', not observed as we climbed higher.